. >> dave miliband. >> mr. speaker, he has been going around for months saying our economy is out of the danger zone. he told this house only a month ago it is because britain's economy is out of the danger zone and recovering. now can i just ask him to confirm if you set aside the bad weather the figures are not good. it's setting aside the big weather actually growth was completely flat. there was no growth in the last quarter of 2010. no growth it all. >> that is exactly what the figures show, yes, yes. [laughter] >> the point -- the point i would make is he would ask about the danger zone and the point i would make is this. britain no longer linked with countries like greece and ireland and portugal. if you -- if you go back before the last election, everyone was clear, the iod, the cbi, the governor of the bank of england all said there was no credible plan to deal with the deficit. and if you don't deal with your debt you'll never have growth. that's the truth and he knows it. >> he doesn't understand if

david miliband criticized about the lack of transparency, taxes, and bonuses. there is the 50% tax on bonuses. this is to be extended for a second year. >> order. questions for the prime minister. mr. david hanson. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i am sure the whole house would wish to join me in paying tribute to corporal steven dunn, from 216 parachutes signals squadron, who died on 21 december, to warrant officer class two charles would from 23 pioneer regiment will logistics core, who died on 28 december, and to private joseva vatubua, from the argyll and sutherland highlanders, 5th battalion, they will richmond of scotland, who died on january 1. these were courageous and selfless service men who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the fight to make our country is safer place. we send our deepest condolences to their families, their friends, and their colleagues. this morning, i spoke to the australian prime minister julia gillard to send condolences of everyone in this house and everyone in the country for the appalling floods and damage that has been done in

. >> dave miliband. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i join it is prime minister in paying tribute to corporal steven dunn from the signal squadron, and charles wood and 23 pioneer wood and the private from the public highlanders fifth battalion the while regiment of scotland. we pay tribute to them for their heroism, their commitment and their dedication and our hearts go out to their families and friends. i also join the prime minister in sending condolences to the australian people who are affected with the floods. in opposition the prime minister said and i quote, whether the taxpayer owns a large stake in a bank we are saying that no employee shall be paid a bonus of over 2,000 pounds. can the prime minister update us on the progress in implementing this? [laughter] >> what i would say is this, it was -- it was the last government that bailed out the banks and asked for nothing in return. that is what happened. the reason we have difficulties with royal bank of scotland this year is because of the completely inadequate account

miliband discussed this. here is our business correspondent. >> retails have had -- and retailers have had a nightmare so far. and arctic weather has kept people away from the shops before christmas, and this could scare them away again. vat is added to the price of an item and paid for at the tilled by the end user. these customers had mixed feelings about the impending hike. >> it is over 2.5%. >> it is 50 pounds. perhaps more. >> the cost of living is getting costlier. it will rise from 17.5% to its highest level of 20%, but that will not apply for food or children's clothing. domestic heating charges are soaring. adding to that, the cost of filling our cars approaches near record levels every week. these are flying ship elements in the efforts to cut the deficit, and it hopes to raise an additional 13 billion pounds over the next few days. the danger is if consumers feel this is a tax hike to far, they may rein in their spending. an additional worry is that additionalvat on popular items will -- that this

ed miliband flanked by ed balls. his job goes to his wife who is replaced by douglas alexander.hen that team next meets the they will notice a big hole left by the departure of alan johnson. the man widely widely expected to be his parties best communicator has left live politics without uttering a word. >> the best things in life are free, but would you say a hotel made of garbage? an attack on an army base in southern thailand has killed four and injured several others. thousands of thai soldiers are stationed in the south to tackle an insurgency by separatists. we have a report from bangkok. a warning -- some of the images may be disturbing. >> the attack began after dark. in this small military base overrun by dozens of militants. they threw grenades and set fire to buildings. some of the survivors were seriously injured. it was one of the most daring and well organized attacks as thailand's -- of thailand's islamic separatists. almost every day, there is a violence in thailand -- drive-by shootings. rarely full on assaults with so many armed men. the violence also sparks re

. >> dave miliband. >> mr. speaker, can the prime minister guarantee that under his nhs plans hospital waiting times will not rise? >> we want to see waiting times and waiting lists come down. and what i'd say -- what i would say to the right honorable gentleman is the whole aim of these nhs reforms is to make sure we get the value for the money we put in. now, i have to ask him, it's quite clear now that labour -- >> i apologize for interrupting, prime minister. last week's prime minier's questions a 10-year-old constituent of mine came and observed and asked me afterwards why does so many people shout their heads off. it's rude and it shouldn't happen. the prime minister. >> the point is this, we are putting the none, 10.6 billion extra during this parliament. money which by the way the labour party doesn't support. but we want to get value for that money because frankly today we don't have the right cancer outcomes. we don't have the right outcomes in terms of heart disease. we want to do better. now, is he

that's where liverpool troubles walls between one miliband field recently new boss kenny dalglish since it's a game plan to win but from a tight lipped about possible transfer targets. and given the names a little going to court may not be creationism's or that an individual player the most illegal going to talk really sums of money i think any team be the church or merc it's been responsible school to. return. the club's money. diligently spend more. of the rest of the games on saturday leaders munched united entertain birmingham also the first place we get in and spurs are away at newcastle could go forth with a victory. to go for now and then as well and ricky jonathan vegas and american boo weekley are level at the top of the leaderboard after the second round of the classic vegas the first venezuelan to play on the u.s. p.g.a. tour made a splash earlier well first round score of sixty four and he kept his momentum going on day two with his excellent shot at me when i came within easy part of birdie and if all about one with another excellent use of the irons there cracking shots of

. >> this week and miliband challenged the prime minister over the state of the british economy after recently released gdp figures for the final quarter in 2011 showed the economy fell by 5.5%. the prime minister said the numbers were disappointing but the spending -- defended his current deficit reduction plan. >> i am sure the whole house will want to join me in sending our deepest condolences to all those affected by the appalling terrorist attack in moscow on monday. our thoughts should be with the families of all those killed and injured, but especially with the family of gordon cousland of the united kingdom. i spoke to president medvedev on monday evening and offered him our complete support in ensuring that the terrorists should never be allowed to win. this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in the house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> on behalf of my colleagues, i wish to join in the tribute that the prime minister has paid. we would also wish to send our best wishes to a soldier from northern ire

there's been plenty for them to talk about, not least lay bar' new leader ed miliband. in his first outing at prime minister's question he questioned david cameron on another controversial policy, the decision to remove child benefit from higher rate taxpayers. >> there are hundreds of thousands of families where one parent stays at home. there are hundreds of thousands of families and the question they're asking, and the question they're asking, mr. speaker, is this -- why should a family on 45,000 pounds where one person stays at home lose their child benefit, 1,000, 2,000, 3,000 pounds a year but a family on 80,000 where both partners in the couple are working should keep their child benefit? that doesn't strike people as fair. it doesn't strike me as fair. it doesn't strike the prime minister as fair. >> what i believe is fair is asking better off people to make a contribution to reduce the deficit. let me try putting it this way to the honorable gentleman. think about it like this. there are thousands of people in his constituency earning 1/6 of what he earns. thro

. >> dave miliband. >> thank you, mr. speaker.can i join it is prime minister in paying tribute to corporal steven dunn from the signal squadron, and charles wood and 23 pioneer wood and the private from the public highlanders fifth battalion the while regiment of scotland. we pay tribute to them for their heroism, their commitment and their dedication and our hearts go out to their families and friends. i also join the prime minister in sending condolences to the australian people who are affected with the floods. in opposition the prime minister said and i quote, whether the taxpayer owns a large stake in a bank we are saying that no employee shall be paid a bonus of over 2,000 pounds. can the prime minister update us on the progress in implementing this? [laughter] >> what i would say is this, it was -- it was the last government that bailed out the banks and asked for nothing in return. that is what happened. the reason we have difficulties with royal bank of scotland this year is because of the completely inadequate account t

. >> dave miliband. >> thank you, mr. speaker. can i join it is prime minister in paying tribute to corporal steven dunn from the signal squadron, and charles wood and 23 pioneer wood and the private from the public highlanders fifth battalion the while regiment of scotland. we pay tribute to them for their heroism, their commitment and their dedication and our hearts go out to their families and friends. i also join the prime minister in sending condolences to the australian people who are affected with the floods. in opposition the prime minister said and i quote, whether the taxpayer owns a large stake in a bank we are saying that no employee shall be paid a bonus of over 2,000 pounds. can the prime minister update us on the progress in implementing this? [laughter] >> what i would say is this, it was -- it was the last government that bailed out the banks and asked for nothing in return. that is what happened. the reason we have difficulties with royal bank of scotland this year is because of the completely inadequate account

ed miliband has just had a second child. i think is pretty common. i think last year was the first time in more than half of the children born in the u.k. were born out of wedlock, as we would say. so it is a very common thing. i suspect i will get married, it is just one of those things. in the modern world you end up spending more time looking for a house and starting a family and then you look around and say we are not married, we will have to fix that at sometime in the future. >> in the united states is 30% out of wedlock and in some groups is as high as 70%. what is your philosophy of not marrying? >> i think it is not a conscious decision. we met in our late 30 poet, so you you end up feeling a little more of a time pressure. i have never been one of those people who dreams about what your wedding would look like. i was not sure i would ever get married. it seems like a bigger priority to find somewhere to live together and start a family and to get married. it was just a question of timing. >> one of the things you see in houses of parliament

. >> dave miliband. >> mr. speaker, can the prime minister guarantee that under his nhs plans hospital waiting times will not rise? >> we want to see waiting times and waiting lists come down. and what i'd say -- what i would say to the right honorable gentleman is the whole aim of these nhs reforms is to make sure we get the value for the money we put in. now, i have to ask him, it's quite clear now that labour -- >> i apologize for interrupting, prime minister. last week's prime minister's questions a 10-year-old constituent of mine came and observed and asked me afterwards why does so many people shout their heads off. it's rude and it shouldn't happen. the prime minister. >> the point is this, we are putting the none, 10.6 billion extra during this parliament. money which by the way the labour party doesn't support. but we want to get value for that money because frankly today we don't have the right cancer outcomes. we don't have the right outcomes in terms of heart disease. we want to do better. now, is h