mr. phil wilson's? [laughter] >> and my writable friend tell me what it will be part of the bill? >> well, unfortunately nothing in the bill will be retrospective. but what should happen is assurances that were made to pay tens of million of pounds of tax should be kept. so we have taken those measures that were passed to the house last night. their importance, but that does not relieve lord ashcroft of his obligations to pay his taxes. >> mr. speaker, the government is often apologizing for things in the past, such as the treatment of child migrants to australia after the war. which however regrettable, the government was not responsible for. so why can't they apologize for things that they are responsible for? such as the state of the economy. and the fact that they sold off our gold reserve for less than a quarter for what they would now be worth, which has cost the country so far $11 billion. bush apologize for that? >> we will take our responsibilities seriously, and our responsibility is to see this country out of the recession and to see the country into recovery. and i thi