nick clegg. >> i want to add my own expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of captain daniel read from the royal logistic corps, who tragically lost his life serving in afghanistan on monday. i also want to add my expressions of sympathy and condolence to the family and friends of rupert hamer, the distinguished defense editor of the "sunday mirror" who died in an explosion on saturday, and of course to the family and friends of his injured colleague, philip coburn. as the prime minister said, as news is coming in of the terrible earthquake in haiti, all our hearts go out to the many, many people who will be so terribly affected by that natural disaster. i am grateful for what he said about the government's humanitarian response. given everything that has come to light in the chilcot inquiry into the iraq war, will the prime minister now do the decent thing and volunteer to give evidence to the inquiry before people decide how to vote on his record in government? >> the chilcot inquiry has drawn up a list of those people that it wishes to interview and has i

. >> nick clegg? >> i would also like to add my expressions of condolences to the families and friends of the distinguished editor of the sunday mirror who died in an explosion, and of course also to the family and friends of his injured colleague. as the prime minister said, news has been coming in of the terrible earthquake in haiti. all our hearts go out to the many, many people who will be so terribly affected by the natural disaster. and i'm grateful for what he said about the government humanitarian response that mr. speaker, given everything that's come to light in the iraq war, will the prime minister now do the decent thing and volunteer to give answers to the inquiry before people decide how to vote? >> mr. speaker, the inquiry has drawn up a list of people they wish to contribute. they've invited people on the dates they have done. i will follow the recommendations of the committee. i have nothing to hide on this metric i'm happy to give evidence equally at this time. i thought the debate i

nick clegg. >> i also add my own expressions of profound sympathy and condolence to the family and friendsof the brave british soldiers who have lost their lives serving in afghanistan since the house last sat -- corporal simon hornby, lance corporal michael pritchard, lance corporal christopher roney, lance corporal tommy brown, rifleman aidan howell, sapper david watson and private robert hayes. i would also like to pay my own tribute to david taylor, who sadly died during the christmas recess. i was once one of the mep's for his area, and he had a reputation then -- and always has -- as an outstanding constituency mp and someone who always spoke his own mind. my heart goes out to his wife pam and his four daughters. last weekend, the prime minister said that he was all in favour of aspiration. could he explain to us exactly what is aspirational about a tax system that he has created in which the poorest 20% pay more from their income in tax than the richest 20%? >> it was because of all these things that we introduced the tax credit system, which is the means by which we take people out

nick clegg. >> [unintelligible] >> i add my expressions of sympathy and condolence to the families and friends of corporal lee brownson and rifleman luke farmer from 3rd battalion the rifles who tragically died while serving so bravely in afghanistan last week. i thank the prime minister for what he said about the aid and relief efforts in haiti. everyone is shocked to the core by the sheer scale and ferocity of the terrible disaster which has hit a country that was already crippled by terrible poverty. mr. speaker, i should like to return to the issue of cadbury's. last month, lord mandelson declared that the government would mount a huge opposition to the kraft takeover of cadbury's, so why does the royal bank of scotland, which is owned by this government, now want to lend vast amounts of our money to kraft to fund that takeover? >> mr. speaker, if he is really suggesting that the government can step in and avoid any takeover that is taking place in this country overnight, and then tell a bank that it has got to deprive a particular company of money by government dictate, then his l

. >> nick clegg? >> i would like to thank the prime minister for his statements.he changing and evolving threat to bring security, not only calls for constant vigilance, but also demands regular review and debate in this house also. he can always count on support of these benches in introducing proportionate and well thought through measures to reduce that threat while protecting the traditional liberties of the british people. i particularly welcome his statement on increasing joint working with our european and other allies in a globalized world, such as european cooperation is vital to tackle any threats. the reason why i have said more, not less european cooperation in this area, our basic safety depends on it. i welcome what he said about the upcoming u.n. conference to discuss approaches to the situations in yemen and after a. the joint working of our intelligence agencies to identify combat threats and the artist points at which they emerge. and the extension of the e-boarder approach which is my life were to have the information we need about people coming

nick clegg criticized rbs bankroll and funding that corbett do. from london early today. this is 30 minutes. >> danny alexander. >> question one, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i am sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to corporal league bronson and riflemen luke farmer for third battalion, the rival. they died in afghanistan this week and our thoughts are with their families and friends. at this very sad time. last night i read through the moving tribute of their fellow soldiers to emit bravery, selfishness and, roderick which they displayed serving their colleagues, the british people and the people of afghanistan. and they will not be forgotten. mr. speaker, all of us -- some of the poorest people in the world facing some of the most extreme hardships and manageable. and our thoughts and condolences go to those families also in the united kingdom have been directly affected by the tragedy. they must first define our support, and third we must help with the government of haiti to get back lazy to be able to deliver reconstruction. mr. speaker, this

. >> nick clegg hasn't delivered any as it is rules which allow a city banker to pay less tax on theirapital gains. he's about to hit millions of average earners with national insurance bills. what is the finance? where is the aspiration in any of that? >> the aspiration is helping people into jobs, giving people the chance to earn a decent living and making sure that the tax system is fair. so presumably he will now support our 50% tax policies of the bank spreadable support reason the top-rated tax to 50%. he will support remiss in the pension tax relief that we are doing as very much part of the deficit reduction plan. what we have tried to do is to say that in these difficult times, as we make changes then the burden has got to be shared fairly and that means those put the broader shoulders are going to pay more. i hope you will agree with that good >> joan wooley. >> can i bring to the attention the concern i have about a parenthesis age 26 who are in urgent for the young funding they need. in light of the recent national [inaudible] will he do all he can for the system to make su