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am i am from scotland. -- >> i am from scotland. [unintelligible] >> thank you very much, indeed. the young lady, the third row back. >> i am from the northwest. you could join the army, seeking get married, when you are 16. young people can fight for our country and they should have a say in which way things turned. i believe that 16 would be able to focus. if we have to pay taxes, we should have the ability to vote. if they keep the age at 18, we should not have to pay taxes until we are 18 and we can vote. >> thank you. >> david, from bexley. we are 16, and we can vote. we can vote in the u.k. youth parliament. you could vote in the u.k. youth parliament until your 18, then you can vote in the main parliament. we can already vote. >> thank you very much. ok, the young lady here. >> i am from southeast. one of the main reasons the general public is against lowering the voting age is because they say young people are not interested enough in politics. however, what we are doing here purse that people actually are interested in politics. people say that maturity is an issue when v

and my government will respond to proposals for high-speed rail services between london and scotland. and legislation will be intruffed to protect communities from flooding and to improve the management of water splis. and my government is committed to insuring everyone has a fair chance in life. and will continue to take forward legislation to promote equality and narrow the gap between rich and poor, and tackle discrimination. the bill would also introduce transparency in the workplace. and help address the differences in pay between men and women. and my government will continue to enshrine if law its commitment to apolish child poverty by 2020. and my government will legislate to provide agency workers with the right to be treated equally, with permanent staff on paid holidays and other basic conditions. legislation will continue to be taken forward on constitutional reform. and my government will also publish draft legislation on proposals, for a reform second chamber of parliament, with a democratic mandate. and a bill ill be introduced to strengthen the law against bribery. my

the prime minister of scotland is also here. or darcy, and to the left a base from the past, norman fowler. just a the right, another former conservative cabinet minister. and we've not seen that before. the coat of arms of the supreme court, which has been newly created in britain, and the judges of the supreme court very much in evidence in their crown uniforms today. the very solemn part of today's ceremony, the carrying of the crown, the sovereign staircase into the royal gallery. it is worth a good look because we do not see this crown very often. it is only seen at the coronation at the state open of parliament for the queen does not wear the crown at any other time. the sword of state can be seen right behind. and the cap of maintenance, to other symbols of royal authority, and they also will be placed on display in the royal gallery. symbols of the queen's power and authority. this is an important hand over, because the man receiving the crown is a very important figure, the earl marshal. the lord great chamberlain, and

>> for the future of scotland within the united kingdom and mr. speaker, with your permission i will be making a statement shortly this afternoon. >> mr. lindsey roy. >> given that my right honorable friend is about to make a statement to the house i do not wish to steal his thunder so can i merely ask if the commission is the outcome of diverse national conversations? >> mr. speaker, the commissions report is months of research and evidence. it's based on the support of the scottish report. it's got the support of the labour party, the liberal democrats and only one party stands outside of the consensus and the scottish government can continue to boycott this entire support. >> order, questions to the prime minister. dr. roberta blackman woods. >> mr. speaker, before listing my engagements this week, i'm sure the whole house will wish to join me in paying tribute to sergeant robert lachman dixon from the fourth regiment royal military police who has died in afghanistan. the debt of gratitude we owe to him is permanent and we send our sincere cond

i mean, not only is scotland a very cultural place which gave the world sherlock holmes -- robert louis stevenson, and -- >> the kilt. >> the scottish people were very insulted by the london attitude of the bbc toward -- >> the elitism of it. >> that's all it is. some of that. >> david brooks is an elite in the republican party, like the intellectual type of -- charles krauthammer and those guys. >> they don't like her. >> they don't like her. >> wait a minute, charles krauthammer doesn't like her? >> only bill kristol likes -- >> bill kristol likes her. >> you're absolutely, right, though. it's a difference between the elites of the republican party and the grassroots of the republican base. so david -- i'm just not sure david is right that these republican primary voters wouldn't vote for a talk show host if that talk show host had their values and that's the most important thing. any voter does, that's what they vote on, does this person share their values? >> the base does not give you the middle of the country, does not give you the independents. >> that's a big problem. >> listen

i saw this with the bbc when i did an interview in scotland once. the people in london on the line were saying, kinky, what are you doing up there in the wilderness up there? i mean, not only is scotland a very cultural place which gave the world sherlock holmes -- >> the kilt. >> the scottish people were very insulted by the london attitude of the bbc toward -- >> the elitism of it. >> that's all it is. some of that. >> david brooks is an elite in the republican party, like the intellectual type of -- charles krauthammer and those guys. >> they don't like her. >> they don't like her. >> wait a minute, charles krauthammer doesn't like her? >> only bill kristol likes -- >> bill kristol likes her. >> you're absolutely, right, though. it's a difference between the elites of the republican party and the grassroots of the republican base. so david -- i'm just not sure david is right that these republican primary voters wouldn't vote for a talk show host if that talk show host had their values and that's the most important thing. any voter does, that's wh

at higher than any other nation in the world, with the possible exception of scotland. [laughter] >> everyone was drinking, and did you exclude the fifth of the population who were slaves who didn't have much access to alcohol, that figure of 5 gallons per person really goes up. so you understand where the temperate movement comes from. it took off in the 1830s because of the dragon problem. a little town in vermont with 1500 people in ad 30 distilleries. everybody drank all day long. daily. they fit babies liquor. whiskey. courtroom, everybody, the jury, they would pass the ball around. [laughter] >> and people would be getting along by this, as john adams said a nation of drunkards. riding of college should we think of the 1960s as being, goodness, we had such bad times in college is. that between 1798, 81808 american colleges were right by mounting student finds an outright debate. on a scale never before or since seen. in america. the colleges were closed for weeks on end because of riots. nassau hall in princeton was gutted by fire, students set it afire. in some c

one of the ways they discovered this was it was this interesting expedition into scotland.the video. they didn't find the monster, but they found hundreds of thousands of golf balls lining the bottom there. you can see the white spots. locals apparently used the loch as a de facto driving range there. is a concern, a lawmaker says golf balls are humanities sitting litter. his solution to this is become a better golfer and stop throwing them in the water, or invest in biodegradable golf balls. >> that's a good point and try to find the loc hrh ness monste while you're at it. >> exactly. that's a bonus. >> that's a bonus. >>> i'm sure you're keeping up with this, pretty much everyone is, with the health care debate. the issue of abortion could derail health care reform legs lakes the senate. ben nelson of nebraska says he will oppose any bill that provides funding for abortion and nancy pelosi added language to get it passed. but barbara boxer says the house amendment is unfair to women. prohibits abortion coverage in a government run plan and in private plans that accept peo

. >> i would like to make -- will run gorman from scotland. i would like to make two points. the young man who said that lowering fees would be a lowering of standards. many universities are among the top four in the united kingdom. we have to make priorities. if you look at some european -- other european countries, they are coming out of recession much quicker than us because they have a higher percentage of university graduates. . . >> is not a realistic goal at all. lowering the price, that is ok. we can deal with that. but at the ended the day, if you get the qualifications and get a job, [unintelligible] >> thank you very much. i want to get someone in from wales. >> mr. speaker, today already we have heard what this house and this country can and cannot afford. this country at the moment is suffering what is called the brain drain, when young, bright minds come out and say i cannot afford higher education, i am going to have to move abroad and take my skills overseas, and possibly, quite probably, not come back to britain. that is what our country cannot afford to happ