election, the conservative party distanced itself from remarks made by the right honorable member for rushcliffe when he spoke about government aid and said that it had nothing to do with vauxhall. will the prime minister take this opportunity to remove the uncertainty not only for vauxhall but for sheffield forgemasters and all the other companies that are waiting for support in relations of properly constructed agreements? >> everyone wants to see vauxhall succeed. it is a very important company, employing many people in this country, not least in his own as he knows, a 270 million pound government loan guarantee to support gm europe was announced on march 12, 2010. we are reviewing commitments made since january 1, 2010. projects that are good value for money and consistent with the government's priorities will go ahead. but let me say to the honorable lady and others who are shouting opposite that we have to be clear that there were spending announcements made by the previous government before the election that do need to be reviewed. to take just one example of one scheme operated by lord m