filling in for him was deputy prime minister nick clegg. he discussed changes to the national health service. female representation in parliament. and the u.k.'s immigration policy. this is about 35 minutes. questions to the prime minister, mr. john reynolds. >> mr. speaker, i have been asked to reply on behalf of the prime minister, who is visiting turkey and outlets. . in addition to my duties in the house, i will have further such meetings today. . >> the deputy prime minister last week refused to attend. which part of the statement did you object to? >> the arm statement was a coalition statement. i spent one day in cornwall. members opposite have been spending five years in cloud cuckoo land. >> peter lilley. >> in the light of my right honorable friend's enthusiasm for devolving powers from the uk government to the component parts of the uk, does he have similar plans for devolving competences from europe to the uk? >> mr. speaker, he might be surprised to know that i once wrote a booklet about that very idea. just as we must do at a

filling in for her during question time was deputy prime nick clegg. he discussed changes to the national house service, female representation in parliament and the u.k. immigration policy. his is about 35 minutes. >> order. questions to the prime minister. genre nolds. question number one, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i would be ask in reply to the prime minister who is visiting ash wits. in addition to my duties in the house i should just have further such meetings later today. >> jonathan reynolds. >> tell which part in that statement he most objected to? that statement was a -- mr. speaker, i -- i -- mr. speaker, comwell. e day in members have been spending in coo-coo land -- >> in my honorable friends friend's enthusiasm from the u.k. government to parts to of the united kingdom does he have similar plans to involving u.k. -- >> he will be perhaps surprised that even once wrote a little booklet about that very idea. but just as we have to decide to do certain things at european levels together, the environment, globalization, rade talks and certain o

cameron is in turkey so deputy prime minister nick clegg will step in. now live to the floor of the british house of commons. >> young people into work so businesses employed under 21 and apprentices age 25. >> unemployment in northern ireland is much higher than the uk average. two-thirds of young people want to leave northern ireland. what specific test is he giving to improve skills and treating young people to stay in northern ireland? >> of course the government works very closely. she'll be aware a help of the economic plan that was published 18 months ago in collaboration with the northern ireland executive which laid out a number of steps that we would take jointly to promote a shared an integrated future, including of course the creation of the further education college. further such measures will be considered. the important thing is to improve the number of apprenticeships in northern ireland. i think the national assurance contributions that have been announced in the autumn statement are very important part of that. >> order. options to the

then, british deputy prime minister nick clegg takes questions at the house of commons. after that, a discussion on cia interrogation techniques. >> "q&a" is 10 years old. to mark a decade of compelling conversations, we are featuring one program from each year of the series, starting december 22, on c-span. >> this week on "q&a," john bresnahan and manu raju share stories about mitch mcconnell, as he first won a republican primary and then won the general election. >> this experiment of government has lasted long enough. [applause]