. >> malcolm bruce. >> thank you, mr. speaker. following the prime minister question for me three and a half years ago, the predecessor for the member set up pilot schemes to provide sign language support for deaf parents and the children. these have now been completed and a huge success. will he meet the del -- delegations to discuss how it can be extended to all parents across the united kingdom? >> we do a lot to support languages, signing is incredibly important. these schemes have been important. i looked at what he asked, and i'll arrange the meeting to see how he can take it forward. >> mr. robinson, my question to the prime minister concerns the rail program and the contractors escape concerns. he will be aware throughout the house and with 20,000 manufacturing jobs at risk, as rightfully should be. can the prime minister confirm that no contract has been signed and that indeed no contract can be signed until the funding package itself is determined as a complicated process. given this is the heart of the question that i p

we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i'd like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. >> matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have professionals competing for a number of prizes in the coveted title of world champion bell ringer. for the amateur portion we have executives from some of our local media outlets competing for first, second, and third place trophies. the competition started with preliminaries. 37 contestants went through filling out the paperwork and a chance to proceed to the finals. all cable car crews were invited to compete. this year they have six finalists competing here at union square, competing against the two-time current champion mr. leonard oates. going to be tough. two years with the tiara, hard to give up. individual trophies welcome awarde

all, manning isn't the first person to raise the issue of malcolm's potential same-sex encounters with oh -- other men. this was done by bruce perry in 1991, and bruce perry claims many, many more encounters than just this one. and around this particular one he found particular sources, one was jarvis, one was collins, one was malcolm's -- what he wrote in his prison record he wrote paul lennon as his employer. paul lennon is this white businessman. the other was letters he wrote to his siblings saying that paul lennon would vouch for him to get parole. so manning from this says, and it says plainly, based on circumstantial but he believes strong evidence. so it's circumsubstantial. you don't have to believe it, and he goes on to say very clearly there is no other evidence of any same-sex encounter that malcolm had with anyone after this point. so i think it's really important to say that. manning never says malcolm was gay because gay is an identity that is, has evolved over the last half of the last century. at the time, you know, some people have a one-drop rule of gayness. [laughter] like, if you, if you look at another