skilled doctors and nurses who work alongside them, and those who treat the injured personnel back in the ukthis morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. in addition to my duties in the house, i shall have further such meetings later today. >> philip davies. >> does my right honorable friend accept that the millions of people who voted conservative at the last election in order to make him prime minister did not do so in order to see a reduction in the number of people sent to prison or to see those criminals given softer sentences? if he really wants to reduce the budget of the prison service, can i suggest that he start by taking sky tv away from the 4,000 prisoners who enjoy that luxury in their cells? >> can i thank my honorable friend for that helpful suggestion? i -- he knows that i share his views about the need for a tough response to crime. the challenge is going to be delivering that tough response at a time when the last government left us absolutely no money. what i would say to my honorable frienddis that we have to address the failures in the system -- the

essential for our security and for thousands of manufacturing jobs in my constituency and across the uk. will he honor them? >> first, may i welcome the honorable gentleman and say that i know how much his constituency depends on the work going on in the submarine yards in barrow, which i have visited and where i have seen the building of astute class submarines and the submarines carrying our nuclear deterrent? i know how important that is. we do have a defense review under way. that defense review has to include the astute class submarines. but everyone -- and to those who call from opposite, let me just say that the labour party was committed to a defense review itself. we asked whether it included everything, even aircraft carriers, and the answer came back yes. it is no good trying to bicker now that you are in opposition. it is right to have a defense review. it is right that we consider such things. but i know how important submarine building is to barrow and to the defense of the nation. >> david evennett. >> members opposite might revere regional development agencies, but is my

the treasury, the mayor of london, and others have facilitated the creation of a new body, the city uk, an independent organization which will support u.k. financial services abroad as well as address the widespread lack of understanding of the role of finance in the u.k. economy. i wish it well. so in conclusion, the city is resilience, the city takes change in its stride, a financial crisis produced challenges but we are determined to continue to generate business and international influence, bringing wealth for the good of the nation in europe, and we hope all of this will help draw line against the protested -- a persistent hostility toward the industry. we look forward to working with you and wish you well. now may i ask everyone here to stand as i propose a toast? prosperity for the public first, and the help of the chancellor of the exchequer. [applause] >> the chancellor of the exchequer, the right honorable george osborne. [applause] >> my lord mayor, ladies and gentlemen, it is truly, link to speak here tonight conscious of the long line of distinguished chancellors who have

it will apply to the balance sheets of uk banks and building societies and to the u.k. abroad. there will be deductions for tier one capital and insured retail deposits, and a lower rate for longer maturity funding. small banks with liabilities below a certain level will not be liable for the levy. once fully in place we expect the levy to generate over $2 billion of annual revenues. now there are those who have argued that we should -- we should wait until every country in the g-20 introduces a bank levy. i believe that is the reasonable fair. indeed i can tell the house that the french and german had joined the uk today in committing to introduce a bank balance sheet levy. in a joint statement, our three governments have pledged to ensure our banks make a fair contribution to reflect the risks they pose. mr. deputy speaker, the business i hear from the business is unequivocal. they want certainty and stability from government so that they start the long process of rebuilding their businesses. and today i am offering them that, off five year plan to reform the corporat

they arrested the president's son in the uk and there's serious allegations of skimming on fuel contracts. we have a back up of trains with fuel. that northern supply route is, we've and the a long time to get it in place and it looks precarious to me right now and that is of great concern so i'll address some questions to the record and will look forward to learning where you all think we are as it relates to the ethnic strife we're seeing in central asia and how that impacts on our mission in afghanistan? >> could i very quickly reassure the northern distribution network, be the bulk of which on the ground, virtually all of it runs through is functioning very satisfactorily. we're at the point of 70% now of our supplies, not all of the other military equipment, but supplies run through the northern distribution network, which has helped enormously to take the pressures off the routes that come through karachi and also by the way the prices went down in pakistan as a result of having competition. what a surprise. beyond that, the kurdistan issue -- it's quite a disstance as you know. we

we continue to demand urgent information and access to all uk-pulse -- uk nationals involved. are seriously concerned about the seizure of british nationals in international waters. the prime minister has spoken to the israeli prime minister, i have spoken to the israeli foreign minister and parliamentary undersecretary of state has been in close contact with the israeli ambassador in london. the embassy in tel aviv has been in constant contact with the israeli authorities. i am grateful for those hon. members who have been in contact with relation to their constituents and have provided information. we recognize the concerns for those involved. israel has told us that they will move as quickly as possible to deport those people from the flotilla currently held in israel. if they agree, there will be deported very quickly. those who remained unwilling to leave can stay for 72 hours in the tension which is the time limit allowed for them to appeal against the deportation. our understanding is after that, they will be deported. if it is our understanding that they have begun to

we continue to demand urgent information and access to all uk-pulse -- uk nationals involved.e are seriously concerned about the seizure of british nationals in international waters. the prime minister has spoken to the israeli prime minister, i have spoken to the israeli foreign minister and parliamentary undersecretary of state has been in close contact with the israeli ambassador in london. the embassy in tel aviv has been in constant contact with the israeli authorities. i am grateful for those hon. members who have been in contact with relation to their constituents and have provided information. we recognize the concerns for those involved. israel has told us that they will move as quickly as possible to deport those people from the flotilla currently held in israel. if they agree, there will be deported very quickly. those who remained unwilling to leave can stay for 72 hours in the tension which is the time limit allowed for them to appeal against the deportation. our understanding is after that, they will be deported. if it is our understanding that they have begun to

configuration for the regulation of offshore oil and gas exploration and production in norway and the uk. but i asked the group of senior advisers including chris henderson in my office to do a concept for me on how we need to reorganize mms. they reached out to the ministers of energy in norway as well as the uk, and in those particular nations there was a reorganization that occurred after there was a incident that was -- a horrific incident for those nations. and so we are -- that was one of the reasons why we ended up with this organization that is in front of you. in addition, i feel strongly that it is important to separate out what's in the organization, those who are involved in terms ofeasing the resource and those who are involved in bringing in on average $13 billion a year into the federal treasury from those who are involved in actually doing the inspection and enforcement and environmental compliance part. i think that's an important division that has to be made. as i said earlier in my testimony, mike brown will work closely with me and with other people who have been invo

about white house criticism of bp, saying it was hurting bp stock which is important to retirees in the uk. this headline succesays the u.k. should back down over be paid. are independent line, go ahead caller: thank you for cspan but i want to talk about all the promises that have been made i want people to understand that the money going into the candidates, look at the money they spend and you wonder why they spend the kind of money. look at the kind oo money that3 from bp. they get in there and fight against anybody, they say even obama received money from bp, and they -- and these companies have a privileggd right to do anything they choose to do. nobody including the president can do anything but hope this thing will be resolved. with the citizens have to stand up and stop being driven by these 80 people that are interrelated -- by these idiots people that are interrelated in this country. host: there are a number of calls from the gulf coast this morning including this one. this is for lauderdale, a republican line. caller: good morning. i don't know how true this is but i hear ther

other members ask questions on uk troops in afghanistan and the rise in night crimes.is tonight at 9 eastern on c-span. a look now at the latest cleanup efforts on the gulf coast. this is about 25 minutes. lakehe president of the carriers' association here to jones act.the let's start with the definition of it. while you are talking, we will putn words onhe screen. what does it y? theis section -- of marine act of 1920. it is not just limited to a maritime. that movement has to be carried by an american company. it is to be a u.s.-owned ship operated by u.s. workers? . . it only comes into play within 3 miles of the coast. beyond 3 miles, there is no jones act implications of foreign vessels coming into those waters to respond. for skimmer vessels, there is no jones act implications within that 3 miles. the federal court in later has the full authority -- federal coordinator has the full authority to allow any foreign flag skimmer to do recovery efforts. the jones act applies to all vessels with that exception. and basically the process is we have a need, is there amer

in 2004, he moved to the uk. part of this move was because of the pressure from the fbi. there were agents trying to make a case against him. and there was -- there were a variety of reasons this did not happen, but one of them was political pressure from muslim advocate groups in the united states. i know from certain people within he fbi at that time, at there was concern that political pressures, essentially the idea that there conducting an anti muslim witchhunt, and if they were to arrest this well-known imam, that would feel that. that was why he got away, in part. under this pressure, he moves to the u.k. and then really gets under way with this speaking tour, as it were. most of these are on line. some of them are linked privately to conferences and to groups and some of them are -- stay on youtube and remain public. his talks -- he finds this market in northern virginia and find an audience so that people -- all of the young man from the muslim community are vying to collect the latest tapes from discolored or that ssholar. there is a buzz about him. he is a very

as well as the uk for many years to come. >> congratulations to you. i think the minister for his statement. thank you for bringing some calmness and other west of waters. -- in an otherwise choppy waters. deep water drilling is partially a direct result of america's insatiable demand for more and more oil. the commentary against bp is doing intolerable damage to a company here and it is grossly unfair. there is recognition in northern ireland that america recognize that those comments are doing damage to your companies. >> if there were no oil spill of the scale of deep water horizon off the coast of northern ireland, i think that he would be among the first people who would be insisting that we do whatever we possibly could to stop that and it would be absolutely enormous. the skill of this -- the scale of this, in terms of trying to compare to valdez, it is not exactly the same. you're looking at 200 barrels a day of oil escaping. hear, the latest estimate is 50,000 barrels a day. the sheer scale, frankly, we have to ask fellow politicians to unders

the uk market was over valued and those came down and greece borrowed too much and spent money without really paying attention to it's finances, so in some ways it's similar but it's really not because of the u.s. and what we did in our housing market. now they're sort of in the second phase which is their own problem. host: just to build off the last two callers. what internattonal provisions are included in the financial regulations deal struck at 5:40 am this morning? guest: what do you mean why i want independent? host: anything you can speak to that deals with international financial? guest: not that i can think of. well, i mean there's sort of discussion of resolution and sort of how to wind down systemically important banks and institutions and that, those are all international active stuktss so that addresses some of the issues. but there s, there are separate efforts to set up regulations for all banks globally that would be international and you know there's a committee on banks supervision that really brings together all the regulators of european asian and u.s. together and

when i look at germany's deficit to gdp ratio and the uk's deficit to gdp ratio, they are comparable to our own. their debt ratio appears to be comparable to our own in dealing with gross debt. i am curious, you appear to be complimenting the european leaders for taking strong stands, yet the uc similar strong stands being taken by this particular congress to rein in the debt? >> countries have different amounts of fiscal capacity, it you will. countries like greece which are being shut out of the market because of their debt ratios and need immediate and sharp changes in their position. the united states, as i said in my remarks, is favored in that we are a safe-haven currency. we have a long record of paying our debts and our interest. we have a little more breathing space. potentially, i do not know how much we have, we need a program for returning our trajectory of fiscal policy to g by seconds ae --cking a . it is important to send a signal that we have a plan in place. did i understand you correctly? >> a plan in place will help to keep interest rates down and help growth to be

the uk market was over valued and those came down and greece borrowed too much and spent money withoutly paying attention to it's finances, so in some ways it's similar but it's really not because of the u.s. and what we did in our housing market. now they're sort of in the second phase which is their own problem. host: just to build off the last two callers. what internattonal provisions are included in the financial regulations deal struck at 5:40 am this morning? guest: what do you mean why i want independent? host: anything you can speak to that deals with inteenational financial? guest: not that i can think of. well, i mean there's sort of discussion of resolution and sort of how to wind down systemically important banks and institutions and that, those are all international active stuktss so that addresses some of the issues. but there is, there are separate efforts to set up regulations for all banks globally that would be international and you know there's a committee on banks supervision that really brings together all the regulators of european asian and u.s. together and the

look at countries like the, uk. colombia. eastern allies and talk to representatives privately and they're somewhat ignored and not appreciated. we have to tend to friends as well as our enemies. host: last crew sees, new mexico. will bear you're on. caller: thanks for having me on. i have to say to call israel a democratic state is one of the most pre postrouse things i've heard. you look around at other nations and almost every other nation and their stance upon the state of israel and the horrible things that the atrocities that they've committed in just the last ten or fifteen years. there's only one country that stands in opposition to the united states security counsel of the united states. guest: not sure what the o say. i think they're an important ally. one thing that's important to note looking at the transition between the bush administration and obama administration. you have continuity in the notion of a two straight solution. there's no question the united states and u.s. policy now stands for a free palestinian

the uk market was over valued and those came down and greece borrowed too much and spent money without really paying attention to it's finances, so in some ways it's similar but it's really not because of the u.s. and what we did in our housing market. now they're sort of in the second phase which is their own problem. host: just to build off the last two callers. what internattonal provisions are included in the financial regulations deal struck at 5:40 am this morning? guest: what do you mean why i want independent? host: anything you can speak to that deals with international financial? guest: not that i can think of. well, i mean there's sort of discussion of resolution and sort of how to wind down systemically important banks and institutions and that, those are all international active stuktss so that addresses some of the issues. but there is, there are separate efforts to set up regulations for all banks globally that would be international and you know there's a committee on banks supervision that really brings together all the regulators of european asian and u.s. together an

and the uk. the second is that they have had to cope with the debt issue in a significant way. i think in the short run, you will have this difference and maye something that angela merkel may be well advised to easy up a bit on her stance on austerity. it may help her political situation. what isg oing to go on here is the leaders tonight and tomorrow in toronto will shift the conversation away from the short term differences and invest them in the longer-term discussion of something called the framework for strong, sustainable, and balanced growth. they now agree to it in pittsburgh. pittsburgh. each of the countries that already done this at a finance minister level. they submit to treasuries of how they think they are macroeconomics policy is going to go over the next five years. then the imf takes those and comes up with an analysis of whether or not these are consistent among each other. one concern is that you have differences -- some countries want to export their way out of this. the country's one to decide that, someone has to import. otherwise, we have an imbalance.

i'm based in the uk. i set policy for bp across the board and how they deal with all risks.e of the small teams that doles with how bp operates. in about 26 countries all over the world. america is just one backyard i work in. i've been pulled in to make sure the shore line response is tough about delivering what it does. >> what is the biggest challenge. if you want to give a humry, it's just logistics. getting folks out in the field. it takes hours to get people to those locations. now is heat. heat is a challenge. it's hot out there. this is safety challenges just to get to do our job. that's probably one of the co-ones. fur talking about oil on the shores. it is marshes. you have sensitive marsh areas. the best way to clean up a marsh is fot to just going in there and start stripping it out. marshes are sensitive environments. you need to be careful with that. the biggest challenge is getting people to understand you node to do very little. don't mix the oil and the set iment. doing a little bit of effective work is better than doing a lot of ineffective and damaging wor

as well as the uk for many years to come. >> congratulations to you. i think the minister for his statement. thank you for bringing some calmness and oer west of waters. -- in an otherwise choppy waters. deep water drilling is partiall a direct result of america's insatiable demandor more and more oil. the commentary against bp is doing intolerable damage to a company here and it is grossly unfair. there is recognition in northern ireland that america cognize that those comments are doing damage to your companies. >> if there were no oil spill of the scale of deep water horizon ofthe coasof northern ireland, i think that he would bamong the first people who would be insisting thate do whatever we possibly could to stop that and it would be absutely enormous. thskill of this -- the scale ofhis, in terms of trying to compare to valdez, it is not exactly the same. you'reooking at 200 barrels a day of oil escaping. hear, the latest estimate is 50,000 barrels a day. the sheer ale, frankly, we have to ask fellow politicians to understand the reaction we woul

this plan in large part reflects what has happened as well in places like the uk and norway where afteric incidents that they also had in their outer continental shelf, they reorganized their departments relative to how they oveee the outer continental shelf. as we move forward with the reorganization, chairman bingaman andenator murkowski and the distinguished members of this committee, i want to work closely with you to make sure that the organization that we put into place will ensure the goals which were articulated by you, senator bingaman and that is that we have safety and an environment as a critical concern of how we move forward with devopment in the ocs.and wd be happy to take your questions. >> well, thank you very much. let me just start and ask about the moratorium that you put in place. you'veo it as a pressing the pause button. how does that affect producing wells in the gulf? is there -- are there requements you're putting on the wells that are currently producing wells, not those that are being developed but those that he been in production and closed in and operating?

the uk market was over valued and those came down and gece borrowed too much and spent money without really paying attention to it's finances, so in some ways it's similar but it's really not because of the u.s. and what we did in our housing market. now they're sort of in the second phase which is their own problem. host: just to build off the last two callers. what internattonal provisions are included in the financial regulations deal struck at 5:40 am this morning? guest: what do you mean why i want independent? host: anything you can speak to that deals with international financial? guest: not that i can think of. well, i mean there's sort of discussion of resolution and sort of howo wind down systemically important banks and institutions and that, those are all international active stuktss so that addresses some of the issues. but tre is, there are separate efforts to set up regulations for all banks globally that would be international and you know there's a committee on banks supervision that really brings together all the regulators of european asian and u.s. together and th

as well as the uk for many years to come. 3 i think he minisser for his statement. thank you for bringing some calmness and other wess of waters. -- in an otherwise choppy waters. deep water drilling is partially insatiable demand for more and the commentary against bp is doing intolerable damage to a company here and it is grossly there is recognition in northern ireland that america recognize that those comments are doing damage to your companies. >> if there were no oil spill of the scale of deep water horizon off theecoast of northern ireland, i think that he would be among the first peopleewho would be insisting that we do whatever we possibly could to stop that and it would be absolutely enormous. the skill of this -- the scale of this, in terms of trying to compare to valdez, it is not exactly the same.you're lookinga day of oil escaping. hear, the latest estimate is 50,000 barrels a day. the sheer scale, frankly, we to understand the reaction we would be making if this was going oo in our waters. >> i wonder if i can press the secretary of state for a more f

in fact, when i was in the uk this past week, i talked to the eu foreign secretary, if you will, andhe described her strong commitment to the mission there as ll. and all of them were involved in our civil military review of concept drill that ambassador holbrooke and i coasted in kabul now about two months or so ago. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i'm going to take a minute to clarify some of the numbers that senator collins listed because there's been some confusion about it and is a critical number when it comes to the trainers, the omelets, the pomlets. this is a critical mission to get them to take responsibility for their own security. i'm going to take a mute to go throh those numbers. you said there's a shortfall of 450, what you call institutional trainers essentially. these are what i kind of call the basic training. but that's 450 shortfall. there's also, i believe, not included in that number is a pledged number, which is not yet been forthcoming. is that correct? what is that number? >> i have 574 edged, 235 pending meaning, you know, we're still -- they are s

in fact, when i was in the uk this past week, i talked to the eu foreign secretary, if you will, and she described her strong commitment to the mission there as well. and all of them were involved in our civil military review of concept drill that ambassador holbrooke and i coasted in kabul now about two months or so ago. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> i'm going to take a minute to clarify some of the numbers that senator collins listed because there's been some confusion about it and it's a critical number when it comes to the trainers, the omelets, the pomlets. this is a critical mission to get them to take responsibility for their own security. i'm going to take a minute to go through those numbers. you said there's a shortfall of 450, what you call institutional trainers essentially. these are what i kind of call the basic training. but that's 450 shortfall. there's also, i believe, not included in that number is a pledged number, which is not yet been forthcoming. is that correct? what is that number? >> i have 574 pledged, 235 pending meaning, you know, we're still -