miliband. >> i join the prime minister in paying tribute to captain richard holloway of the royal engineerswho was killed in action in afghanistan. his death, just two days before christmas, is a reminder of the risks being taken on our behalf every day by members of our armed forces. he showed the utmost courage and bravery, and all our sympathies are with his family and friends. i also join the right hon. gentleman in sending condolences to the families of the victims of the us helicopter crash in norfolk. i want to pay tribute to our friend and colleague, paul goggins. it shown throughout his career as social worker, councillor, mp , and minister, and it is a measure of the man and his ability that he earned the respect, trust and affection of all sides in northern ireland. he owned the trust and affection of all sides in northern ireland. the labour party has lost one of its own and one of its best. our deepest condolences go to his wife, wyn, to his children, matthew, theresa and dominic, and indeed to his whole family. >> hear, hear. speaker, the whole country will be concerned about

me is david miliband.e is the president and chief executive of the international rescue committee. formerly he was a united kingdom foreign secretary from 2007 to 2010. welcome. what is the irc? >> the international rescue committee was founded by our einstein when he fled not degenerate -- not to germany. -- nazi germany. in those days it was conflicts between states, and now we're working in up to 35 entries with people mainly displaced by civil war. sudan, central african republic. we are there delivering education, health care, life- saving help. likeu have something 12,000 people working for the irc, about 400 if the million dollars budget that you have to deal with. -- 450 million dollars budget that you had to deal with. i wake up in the morning there are 250,000 syrian children that made it to lebanon that are no longer in the crossfire of the fighting. they're getting no education. i know we are failing when we are not giving them an education. when i think about afghanistan, 3800dly, we have peop

. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, rbs are expected to ask the government to approve bonuses over 100% on -- does the prime minister think that's acceptable? >> what i can tell the children about rbs is will continue with their plans for rbs that seem bonuses come down by 85%, that it's in the bonus ball at one-third of the level that it was under labour, and i can confirm today that just as we've had limits on cash bonuses of 2000 pounds of rbs, issued an last year, we will do the same next year as well. >> mr. speaker, i think we can all agree with this general sentiment, but today i am asking for specific question. rbs are talking to parts of the government about the proposal debate over 100% bonuses. he is the prime minister. the taxpayer will foot the bill. will he put a stop to it right now by telling rbs to drop this idea? >> i'll tell him exactly what we are saying to rbs and it is this. if there are any proposals to increasincrease the overall prat his pay and bonus bill at rbs, at the investment bank

. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i join the primers in paying tribute to captain richard holloway of the royal engineers who was killed in action in afghanistan. is death his two days before christmas is reminder the risks being taken on our behalf every day by members of our armed forces. he showed the utmost courage and bravery, and all are symptoms of with his family and friends. i also joined the transients and condolences to the families of the victims of u.s. helicopter crashed. mr. speaker, i want to contribute to our friend and colleague paul goggins. who was one of the kindest, most decent people in this house. and he was someone of the deepest principle. it has shown throughout history, social worker, counselor, mp and minister. and it is a measure of the man and his ability that he earned the respect, trust and affection of all sides in northern ireland. the labour party has lost one of its own and one of its best. our deepest condolences go to his wife, his children, and, indeed, to his whole fam

>> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i thank the prime minister for that answer. let me make a few points in reply. it's important issue. first of all we all agree that this government has shown in relationship to searing tait and i pay tribute to him and others. on the point about asylum seekers, those are people have been able to get you. were not taught the people have been able to get here, we're talking to people in the refugee camps at the moment. on his point about whether this can solve the problem. of course, again but the u.n. is talking about a number of the most affordable people including children who've lost their parents and victims of torture. i was somewhat encouraged by the end of his answer of this. we are all proud of britain's tradition in terms of taking refugees. why doesn't he look again and say that britain will actually participate in this program and take just a few hundred refugees and, indeed, set an example? >> i don't actually think there's a disagreement between us. the problem i

talks in geneva on the se and a two day session with ideas on how do we implement the landlocked miliband the deal on testing program diplomats expect it's done scattering alps the internal view prevails on january the twentieth and under the deal the rally of freeze cause unease in the pit program for six months in exchange for the easing of the summit economic sanctions i could buy some time for the guests anxious to secure a final deal to sell the piece is that iran's nuclear program. well that's when i joined file respondents in the machine in geneva and monte and in terror and fast. today she has that at this or that need to invent that. it's a decently long as everyone sat down to what's going to happen over the next two days we'll leave those beds that he will be a two day meeting from the tube ran and did the year olds was the year will be representing the p e feist but health officials from the yuppie five countries will not be present during these two days of talks. the lady inside will have the deputy foreign minister. roxy and from the inside will be his eu counterparts who in

that energy price pledge by ed miliband, how big an impact did that have politically?> it was probably the defining moment of the year in that it changed the terms of trade over the economy. suddenly, it gave labour a compelling narrative at a time when we all know the economy was beginning to pick up. it seemed labor talk about plan a not working. then they shifted to say it is all about the cost of living. they focused on energy prices. that did two things. one is it was very much in sync with public opinion and it enabled ed miliband to ride the crest of public outrage at his colossal increases in energy prices. it also through the government on the back foot. i had to scrabble around and find some sort of repast. >> do you think ministers were quick enough? >> there were clawing and scrabbling and stumbling their way to some sort of repast and came up with a 50 pound cut by lopping off the so-called green levies. it be honest, 50 pounds on an average energy bill of maybe 1400 pounds is not going to make many households feel much better off. it was a very limited re

. >> ed miliband. >> mr. speaker, i join the primers in paying tribute to captain richard holloway of the royal engineers who was killed in action in afghanistan. is death his two days before christmas is reminder the risks being taken on our behalf every day by members of our armed forces. he showed the utmost courage and bravery, and all are symptoms of with his family and friends. i also joined the transients and condolences to the families of the victims of u.s. helicopter crashed. mr. speaker, i want to contribute to our friend and colleague paul goggins. who was one of the kindest, most decent people in this house. and he was someone of the deepest principle. it has shown throughout history, social worker, counselor, mp and minister. and it is a measure of the man and his ability that he earned the respect, trust and affection of all sides in northern ireland. the labour party has lost one of its own and one of its best. our deepest condolences go to his wife, his children, and, indeed, to his whole fam

. >> ed miliband. [shouting] >> mr. speaker, rbs are expected to ask the government to approve bonuses over 100% on -- does the prime minister think that's acceptable? >> what i can tell the children about rbs is will continue with their plans for rbs that seem bonuses come down by 85%, that it's in the bonus ball at one-third of the level that it was under labour, and i can confirm today that just as we've had limits on cash bonuses of 2000 pounds of rbs, issued an last year, we will do the same next year as well. >> mr. speaker, i think we can all agree with this general sentiment, but today i am asking for specific question. rbs are talking to parts of the government about the proposal debate over 100% bonuses. he is the prime minister. the taxpayer will foot the bill. will he put a stop to it right now by telling rbs to drop this idea? >> i'll tell him exactly what we are saying to rbs and it is this. if there are any proposals to increasincrease the overall prat his pay and bonus bill at rbs, at the investment bank

that energy price pledge by ed miliband, how big an impact did that have politically? was probably the defining moment of the year in that it changed the terms of trade over the economy because suddenly it gave labour a compelling narrative at a time when we all know the economy was beginning to pick up. and it seemed labour talks about planning, networking, simply beginning to fail. then they shifted the ground to say it's all about the cost of living. and focus particularly on energy prices. that did two things. one is it was very much in sync with the public opinion, and it enabled ed miliband to ride the crest of public outrage at these colossal increases in energy prices. it also i think through the government on the back foot. they had to scrabble around to find some sort of -- >> ministers came up with his 50-pound, everyone's average energy bill. you think ministers were quick in a? >> they were clawing and scrabbling and stumbling their way to some sort of repast and at the end they came up with a 50-pound cut by lopping off the so-called green levees. let's b

. >> ed miliband. >> i want to start by paying tribute to the two british nationals who were killed in a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan. my condolences go to all of the family and friends. sing was 1 -- dell was one of the most decent people you could hope to meet. he was an international development worker who dedicated his life to helping people around the world and we all grieve for his family. the murder of of thousands of innocent civilians in the regime in syria is a reminder of the horror unfolding there. minister,, the prime the deputy prime minister, and i've made a joint statement about the plight of syrian refugees, which welcomed the government leadership the cousin of the aid program. be --n was called on to to assemble a small number of refugees. 18 countries are part of that program. britain is so far not one of them. as the prime minister agree that we should be? >> i completely agree just how dreadful the news is that has come out of syria about allegations of torture and worse in that country. i think we are fulfilling our moral obligations to the people of syria.

during "question time this week, prime minister david cameron , sayingd to ed miliband that the royal bank of scotland should be granted from giving bonuses to bankers. they also talked about fracking and legislation to reduce the amount of sugar content in food and drink. >> questions for the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. this meeting, i had -- this morning, i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others and i shall have further such meetings dated today. rex launched at sugar, aimed to reduce the sugar content by up of the epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes. , however well- intentioned, have not worked. will the prime minister meet with the delegation of health experts to discuss this issue? and can we ask them to give up sugar and sugary drinks for one day this week? >> the last proposal has the strong support of mrrs. cameron. i will take that up if i possibly can. i commend the honorable gentleman for raising this issue and speaking out on the issues of diabetes and obesity for -- with such consistency. they are major health concerns and we are taking th

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