i call sir malcolm bruce.r malcolm bruce: does the prime minister agree that the best prospect for the people of scotland is to be a successful part of a growing united kingdom, and that alex salmond's mission to shake this house to its foundations will deny recovery, jobs and mortgages and threaten both the uk and scotland, which is why the people of gordon are uniting to deny his return to this house? prime minister cameron: my right honorable friend makes an important point, which is that what the snp wants is to break up our country. that is why it is so appalling that although he has said he does not want a formal pact with the snp, he will not rule out a confidence and supply agreement. he will not rule out relying on the snp in vote after vote after vote, making sure that it would get the advantage and people in england, wales and northern ireland would be let down -- [interruption] yes, we rule it out. what i would say to the shadow chancellor is that his boss threw both his kitchen sinks at the nhs an