ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, can i join the prime minister in paying tribute to private dean hutchison from the royal logistic corps and private robert poor, they both showed enormous heroism and courage in their service in afghanistan and i and our thoughts are with their family and friends. i also join the prime minister in passing on condolences and deepest sympathy to the victims of the new zealand earthquake. can i ask him about the situation in libya starting with the humanitarian crisis. i applaud the bilateral and the steps he has done with the international development secretary. can i ask what support is he also offering to multilateral organizations like the world food program and the united nations high commission for refugees in dealing with what as he says is a growing refugee emergency on the libyan border >> i thank the honorable gentleman for his question. in addition to the steps i announced about the airlift from the tunisian border back to egypt there's also of a ship that is boat car

. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, can i join the prime minister in paying tribute to major matthews collins and lance charge and all of our thoughts are with their family and friends. can i start by asking the prime minister about the ongoing situation in libya and in particular can he tell the house what is his policy on armed and dangerous the rebels? >> can i thank the right honorable gentleman for his question and perhaps on starting perhaps on everyone on the house i can say their wedding forthcoming. in terms of the situation on the frowned, what i can report, obviously, it is a extremely fluid situation there's no doubt in anyone's mind the ceasefire is sill being breached and it's absolutely right for us to keep up our pressure under u.n. security council 1973. i can confirm to the house that the coalition took action yesterday against regime forces harassing civilian vessels trying to get into misurata and yesterday overnight the raf threw 24 sorties, tornado destroying artillery. he asked the questi

ed miliband. >> we support u.n. resolution 1973 to protect the people of israel. can the prime minister reiterate what conversations he's had with arab leaders about their continued role in the enforcement of the resolution and the plan of action. >> first of all the arab league met again yesterday and reinforced their view that a no-fly zone is right and they support u.n. security council resolution 19 73. -- 1973. we will get lodgistic support. i think arab supporters would have been welcomed by everyone in the house. the clear support is from the secretary state. we want to thank arab people for savings lives in libya. >> we want to thank the contribution of arab nations but also i think there was going to be a more formal process and it is very very important that that process does take place. let me ask you one thing about our action. can the prime minister clarify the government's position regarding the target of -- targeting of colonel gaddafi. it is important we stick to the terms of the u.n. resolution as we seek to maintain the coalition we have built in

against one but they have taken the six three six three six one win to give his country and one miliband to stay but i was going to show you the i'm able to pick up the slack against joachim beyond's and in the second singles match of the day that seems serbia hoping to defend their title world number eighteen victim probably ski the highest ranked player for the champs but he had to endure a five seven marathons a beef six hundred twenty ninth ranks roll on and out of the czech republic hoping for their first team title since nine hundred eighty as they face kazakhstan in the last eight or one match to the good against germany move in on team argentina led by john and mark all their favorites over their remaining in so nobody has won more davis got titles than the united states there is going for another president that is third team championship and are already given the americans and their lead over chile the world's top ranked singles player so action perspective rafael nadal is propelling his country to lead over belgium france are on a quest to win their seventh title at the hundred

. >> dave miliband. >> mr. speaker, i'm grateful for him saying that and i want to support him on libya wherever i can. by do say to him there is increasing concern about the government's competence on the issue of libya. we've had the flights feas cho we had talk of colonel gadhafi heading to venezuela when he wasn't. we had overblown briefing about potential military action. and we had the setback last weekend. mr. speaker, does the prime minister think it's just a problem with the foreign secretary or is there a wider problem in his government? >> i'm not sure i particularly want to take a lecture about labour about dealing with gadhafi and dealing with libya. i think the first thing we should have from the labour party when it comes to libya, gadhafi and the release of magahe. we have led the way of getting tough sanctionss on libya and we have led the way of libya getting thrown out of the council. and we have led the way to making sure the world is ready for every eventuality. >> and there is an issue of

fully in control of his home court taken six three six three six one went to give his country of one miliband game what has got to should be now hoping to pick up the slack against the own sins in the second singles match of the day team serbia hoping to defend their title world number eighteen big to be the highest ranked player for the champs but he had to endure a five set marathon to beat six hundred twenty ninth ranked role on the planet the czech republic open for their first things i don't see it's nice navy as they take on kazakhstan croatia are one match to the good against germany. team argentina led by. the no one monarch all are clear favorites over the remaining it's nobody has won more davis cup titles than the united states they're going for an unprecedented thirty third at all and brought it given the americans an early lead over chile but world's top ranked singles player in action for spain rafael nadal hoping to propel its country to leave over belgium france are on a quest to win their idol at the one hundred edition of the tournaments that they've never lost against austr

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labor leader ed miliband as the prime minister for an update on the situation in libya and other arab leaders are still in support of coalition operations there. >> 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. >> i thank the prime minister for the answer and associate myself, and all on this side of the house, with his moving tribute to providential crier. the prime minister has taken the right decision to extend the life of the nimrod's and hms cumberland so that our armed forces remain eager to protect in this conflict. he knows the uncertainty we now face, so will he, in due course, extend that rethink of our defense to abilities? >> obviously we should be able to deploy at speed anywhere in the world with flexible on forces with particular emphasis on transport and on things like special forces. i think we did anticipate the sorts of things we're doing now but if there are for the lessons to learn, of course -- and the. >> our hearts go out to the people of japan as we

this week british prime minister david cameron and opposition leader ed miliband discuss the u.k.'s response

this week, prime minister david cameron and ed miliband face off to the u.k.'s response in the situation in libya.

earlier today in the house of commons, british prime minister david cameron and labor leader ed miliband debated the british national health service. the prime minister said that reform is needed because in what he believes is excessive bureaucracy. other topics include a united nations resolution responding to the situation in libya and the safety up u.k. nuclear reactors in light of the disaster in japan. from london, this is 35 minutes. >> questions to the prime minister. for >> number one mr. speaker -- thank you mr. speaker. i'm sure the whole house wishes to join me in paying tribute to lance corporal stephen micki for the 1st battalion of the royal irish regiment who died lastgime wednesday. he was a highly respected selfless and committed soldier who will be sorely missed by all those who served with him who will be sorely missed by all those who served with him. deepest of the with his family and friends. across september military repatriation will no longer pass through the town. the house wishes to join me in paying tribute to the people, and dignified demonstrations have show

i note the right honorable david miliband, leader of the opposition. >> mr. deputy speaker. but one fact says it all. and he couldn't bring himself to say it. growth down this year and next year. it's the same old tory, it's hurting but it isn't working. what was he said last year about growth? judge me on the figures. judge him we will. every time he goes to the chamber, growth is down. down from 2.6% to 2.63%. in november, down again. and in january, what did the prime minister say. his three priorities for the year were growth, growth, growth. and what happened in this budget, growth, down, down, down. and taking account of all the measures -- and taking account of all the measures, what is -- >> order, order, order! we should show the same courtesy that was shown to the chancellor deputy. >> mr. speaker, what is the chancellor's singular achievement to deliver a budget for growth that downgrades the growth forecast. down this year to 1.7%. downgraded next year to -- mr. deputy speaker, it didn't happen by chance it, happened by choice. it's the wrong choice to go too far

i note the right honorable david miliband, leader of the opposition. >> mr. deputy speaker. the chancellor spoke for an hour but one fact says it all. and he couldn't bring himself to say it. growth down this year and next year. it's the same old tory, it's hurting but it isn't working. what was he said last year about growth? judge me on the figures. judge him we will. every time he goes to the chamber, growth is down. down from 2.6% to 2.63%. in november, down again. and in january, what did the prime minister say. his three priorities for the year were growth, growth, growth. and what happened in this budget, growth, down, down, down. and taking account of all the measures -- and taking account of all the measures, what is -- >> order, order, order! we should show the same courtesy that was shown to the chancellor deputy. >> mr. speaker, what is the chancellor's singular achievement to deliver a budget for growth that downgrades the growth forecast. down this year to 1.7%. downgraded next year to -- mr. deputy speaker, it didn't happen by chance it, happened by choice. it