in norway and the united kingdom, they have developed some of the best practices that are applicable and used around the world. that is based on our experience for several decades. those best practices and oversight review have been applied and used in the industry and other places of the world. i would say they rank right at the top in terms of capability and development of practices. >> similar answer in that i think the u.s. does have one of the most comprehensive set of regulations for the industry in theeworld. you can find other areas where a particular regulation may be more stringent than what you see in the u.s., but the important part for us as a company goes back to what i called our global standards, how we do things everywhere. those often exceed the regulations in any country. >> i would agree with that. the standards are similar ii many places, with some specific differences, but the u.s. has a strong set of standards. i would add a comment that i think, learning what we are learning here, augmenting some of those standards would be helpful. >> here time has expired. t

giving the huge importance of the issue in international affairs, the united kingdom will do whateverit can to assist them my constituents want more pressure. >> my constituents want more pressure applied. >> the discussions are not offered a timetable in this house. we have not exclude other actions and pressures in the future. i would be disappointed if we did not have a further opportunity to discuss this. >> i welcome the robust condemnation by the foreign secretary and my right hon. friends. there seems to be no solution to the palestinians accepted by jihad. some say this is a waste of time and date futility. -- and a futility. anti-jewish language seems to be the order of the day with the palestinians. hamas is not yet part of the solution. >> i am grateful, i never thought i was supposed course, but i am grateful -- [laughter] i hope i made that point in my statement referring to the ideological motives of hamas and reminding the house that there is another dimension to this whole problem. they have refused to forswear violence and recognize international agreements. they do n

be rate regulation as well as wholesale internet requirement like they have in france and the united kingdom. we are an open system with open government, free competition and a little red -- nd as little regulation as possible, but we believe that title ii of-light would be the best solution. i have described the problem of consumers aving absoluteey no recourses under current law. the internet policy statement is unenforceable, and there is -pnothing else. , the oneof wall street' area where the telephone companies have the greatest certainty is that there is no their massive market dominance. now, it is true, they do not have nationwide market shares, carved up. at&t do -- at&t and a rise and do not challenge each other in their wireline services and -- at&t and verizon do not challenge each other in their wireline serviceeareas. companies like t mobil and sprint have to rely on networks from their largest competitors for a lot of their transport. mark my words, no third network is going to be built. it has not happened anywhere in+ the world because of economics. >> i would say that there

the united kingdom has played its full part in the european union and united nations and agreeing on the need for a full, credible, impartial, independent investigation into these events. our goal as a process -- is a process that ensure is full accountability, and wheat what the confidence of the international community. further discussions are taking place and other international forums, including nato and the human rights council. we will take the same principled stand across all are difficult -- all of our international efforts and stressed the need to the israeli government the need to align with its international obligations, given that its actions appear to have gone beyond what was warranted or proportioned. we need to know what more should have been done. -- what more could have been done to minimize the risk and the injury. these should not be viewed in isolation. they are rise from the un accessible and unsustainable situation in gaza. as long been the view of the british government, including the previous, that restrictions on gaza should be lifted, reflected in the unite

we, the foreign ministers of china, france, germany, russia, the united kingdom and the united stateswould like to take this opportunity to reaffirm our determination and commitment to seek the early negotiated solution to the iranian nucle the adoption of the united nations security council resolution 1929 while reflecting the international community concern about the iranian nuclear program and reconfirm and the need for ira to comply with the u.n. security council and iaea board of governor requirement keeps the door open for continued engagement with iran. the aim of our efforts is to achieve a comprehensive and long-term settlement which would restore international confidence in the peaceful nure of iran's nuclear program. while respecting iran's legitimate rights to the peaceful use of atomic energy. we are resolute in continuing our work for this purpose. we also welcomand commend all diplomatic efforts in this regard. especially those recently made by brazil and turkey on the specic issue of the tehran research reactor. we reaffirm our june, 20 proposals which remain valid as

apart from a small sect in favor of strengthening the united kingdom -- the vast majority of us is like, distrust, and despite -- the vast majority of , distrust, and despise the liberal democrats. [laughter] is there no better than an aircraft carrier? >> i was eagerly awaiting the question on afghanistan sudley forthcoming. -- sadly forthcoming. >> what is the prime investo during to make sure that foreign nationals engaged terrorist activity in this country will be deported to the country of origin? >> i am grateful to my right hon. friend for raising this question. i think it is extremely important. when there are people threatening our country, foreign nationals, but we don't have the evidence to prosecute them, it is essential that we are able to deport them to their country of origin. what i have asked the foreign secretary to do is to work to draw up agreements with as many countries as possible that we are able to deport these people and keep our count safe. all the effort, includi effort for myself as well, will be done to make sure we keep our country safe. >> i heard what th

what is the united kingdom doing within the european union to end a blockade on gaza? new >> we're not ruuing anything out. i must press that there is a practice that administered with ministers -- foreign ministers in sarajevo and i will see more of them there all expressing themselves in very similar ways. and to the government of israel. there is no doubt about the intensity of the feeling from the european union. what we want to discuss as the body what further weaken to about that and what we can do working with the united states to bring an end to the middle east peace process. european foreign ministers. >> can as the foreign secretary to concur with the advice to not to travel to gaza? would he be ready to travel there himself? it is an appalling situation going on there. these testy conversations with mr. lleberman and not going to get us anywhere. >> tested conversations with mr. lieberman are a very part of what we need to do. again, i understand his principal feeling and his knowledge that the situation and gaza. it as art trope -- general travel a buys not

project for fusion research, of the opportunity for a materials testing facility to come to the united kingdomd of the suitability of dounreay to deliver that work? will the government support such an application? >> my honorable friend speaks with great knowledge about scientific issues. it is important that we lead in such areas. his constituency, with dounreay, obviously has a huge technical edge, so i shall take his representations seriously. >> pamela nash. >> i am sure that the prime minister is aware of the send my friend to school campaign, in which my young constituents at victoria primary school in airdrie are involved and about which they will be writing to him this week. it aims to ensure that the government direct the 8.5 billion pounds that was committed by the previous labour government towards universal primary education by 2015. this will be discussed on july 7 at the education summit in south africa, which is tied in with the world cup. has he personally spoken to president zuma and other african leaders about their pledges, and will he confirm that a review of the department

vast majority of us -- apart from a small sect -- in favor of strengthening the union of the united kingdomnot the vast majority of us dislike, distrust, and despise the liberal democrats? [laughter] can i ask -- on the subject of safe bases, does the right honorable gentleman agree that there is no base safer than an aircraft carrier -- >> order. i apologize for having to interrupt the honorable gentleman. on this closed question. i was eagerly anticipating an inquiry about afghanistan, but sadly it was not forthcoming. [laughter] >> what will my right honorable friend be doing to ensure that foreign nationals engaged in terrorist-related activity in this country will be deported back to their country of origin when their evil plots are detected? >> hear hear. >> i really am grateful to my honorable friend for raising that question. when foreign nationals threaten our country but we do not have the evidence necessary to prosecute them, it is essential for us to be able to deport them back to their country of origin. i have asked the home secretary to work with the foreign secretary to draw

compared to the united kingdom? can i welcome what he said about the licensing of drilling in the deep water of u.k.? does he agree with me that it is essential that we look at any lessons learned before beginning the process of that deep water drilling? fourth, very importantly for the long-term future, mr. deputy speaker, does he agree with me that the central section of the deepwater horizon is that he cannot dig deeper and deeper for oil -- is that we can dig deeper and deeper for oil, of plundering the world's resources? i do think that the opportunity should be seen on both sides of the atlantic by the prime minister and the president may need to send a clear message [unintelligible] it will take decades, but it is a transition that needs to start all around the world. fifth, in the context, does he agree with me that, out of the tragedy of deep water, the best thing that we can -- the best thing that can happen is a push toward low-carbon energy around the world? america passing the climate in energy bill and

compared to the united kingdom? can i welcome what he said about the icensing of drilling in the deep waters of u.k.? does he agree with me that it is essential that we look at any lessons learned before beginning thh process of that the deeper importantly for the long-term future, mr. deputy speaker, does he agree with me that the central section of the deep water horizon is that we cannot dig deeper and deeper for oil, pondering the world's resources? i do think that the opportunity should be seen on both sides of the atlantic by the prime miiister and the president may need to send a clear message [unintelligible] it will take decades, but it is a transition that needs to start all around the world. fifth, in that context, does he agree witt me that, out oo the tragedy of deep water, the best thing that can happen is a push ttward low-carb and energy america passing the climate and energy bill and in the securitization of the national treaty [unintelligible]] domestically, we need to play our part and that also m

in the economic context, it is said that when the united states sneezes, the united kingdom catches cold and the northeast of england gets pneumonia. i was therefore sad to learn at the weekend that the regional development agency one northeast is preparing budgets within year for 40% cuts in operational output. does the prime minister think that is good medicine for that sort of pneumonia? >> first, may i welcome the honorable gentleman on his election to this place? i well remember taking the conservative party's biannual conference to gateshead. it was received all right, given what might have been expected. [laughter] >> come back. >> how can i refuse an offer like that? on regional development agencies, what we have said is that in areas of the country where they work well and where local authorities want to keep them as they are, they can. we believe, however, that in many parts of the country, including the part i represent, there is a huge amount of waste in the system and it would be better to have local enterprise partnerships, with councils coming together to support business.

. >> reporter: the united kingdom created one of the stand-out paviltions. its thouz abandon of leucite rods contain seeds and let light into the interior, flocked by curious visitors. australia showcased its history, its art, and its ties to china in creating a $70 million pavilion. lindall sachs is commissioner general for the australian pavisionion. >> the relationship between australia and china is australia's biggest. with two-way trade being between $80 billion between 2008 and 2009, and this is a growing market. australia would have been really remiss not to be here. >> reporter: now one of the symbols of the fair and the biggest pavilion on the fairground, the chinese pavilion is meant to invoke the shape of an imperial ground crown, but it also remind the fair-goers just what they are government can do for them. >> people here love great themes great powers. there were great powers in the past. as a historian, i know china was in the 18th century, and then something happened. the woft came to dominate and then they had what they call 150 years of hu

compared to the united kingdom? can i welcome what he said about the licensing of drilling in the deep water of u.k.? does he agree with me that its essential that we look at any lessons learned befe beginning the process of that deep water drilling? fourth, very importantly for the long-term future, mr.eputy speaker, does he agree with me that the central section of the deepwater horizon is that he cannot dig deeper and deeper for oil -- is that we can dig deeper and deeper for oil, of plundering the world' resources? i dohink that the opportunity should be seen on both sides of the atlantic by the prime minister and the president may need to send a clear message [unintelligible] it will take decades, but it is a transition that needs to start all around the world. fifth, in the context,oes he agree with me that, out of the tragedy of deep water, the best thing that we can -- the best ing thatan happen is a push toward low-carbon energy around the world? america passing the climate in energy bill and in the securit

down payments, if i can use that term, the budget of the united kingdom which strongly tackled the british deficit, chinese flexibility on exchange rates, and the new u.s. law on financial regulatory reform. the g-20 summit declaration that puts some of the meat on the bones for strong, sustainable, and balanced growth will lead us to assessments as we approach the next meeting in seoul. it is important to note ongoing and important financial sector reforms to increase the quality and quantity of capital standards, to enhance spurred in regulatory oversight, and a commitment to a accelerate this work and completed by the summit in south korea. i should notice that the issue of bank levees has been left to individual companies -- individual countries. continued progress on anti- protectionism, we have agreed to keep the standstill for another three years. also debt relief for the country of haiti, which as you know, is an important priority for canada. being completed on reform of international institutions. that work will continue as we move forward. the g-20 still has a lot to do to fully

house, no matter what part of the and united kingdom they come from, they will be shouting, "come on, england!" >> dos -- does he still think that hunting for sport will be considered in the review? >> everything has to be considered. there is the status of mental visits.people who require%- because of ttagedies, very strict rules come in terms of -pwhat people who keep guus at home ave to do in terms of very strict security. i remember asking how much leakage was there froo legally held guns into the illegal and black-market. the answer was virtually nine. if we are looking for what the problem is, it is clearly that we have a huge number of guns in our society that we have to get rid of. if there is an appalling problem in this case where a switch flipped in someone's head. we must make sure we have the robuss laws that we need. >> each week, but we dare the prime minister's questions. c-span.org @, -- at c-span.org, you can find videos of the prime minister's comments. >> you can was live questions on wednesday at 7:00 a.m. eastern on our coopaniin network c-span. the response of t

the fact that the resolution was agreed to so rapidly with the support of the united states and united kingdomill have made an impact on israel. if she could of her the conversations that we have had with their israeli counterparts, which he could be very confident that they are aware of the strength of opinion and our deep concern about these issues. the eu-israel agreement is not exactly progressive at the moment. i think the point that is made about that. it is not really an additional measure for this particular situation. i really want to concentrate on trying to make sure that the credible an independent investigation takes place and the cases are understood in israel for the lifting of the blockade of casa -- gaza. >> mr. speaker, the flotilla of itself, which was probably doomed to fail, was an expression of the frustration of ordinary people at the failure of the united nations and the failure of the quartet to get israel to comply with its u.n. obligations. the foreign secretary has had conversations with mrr. clinton. i understand he is also meeting with the eu by rep. i wonder if h

. >> in the economic context, when the united states sneezes, the united kingdom catches cold, and this england gets new money appeared -- northeast england gets pneumonia. does he think that this is good medicine for pneumonia? >> first of all, can i will attend the hon. gentleman to his election to this list --? gentlemen tohon. judgmen his election to this place? how can i refuse an offer like that? what i would say to the hon. gentleman is on the issue of the regional development agency, what we have said is that in areas of the country where they work well and where local authorities want to keep them where they are, they can breed but in many parts of the cut to come -- including the part they ca- they can. but in many parts of the country, including the area i represent, there is enormous waste in the system. whatever regional development agencies are, we think there is a -- wherever regional development agencies are, we think there is an enormous amount of waste in them to rethink the authority should be given back to local store is where if ty belong. we want to generate enterp

with a number of other countries attended including france, germany, china, japan, india, and united kingdom and united states. the summit, focuses on the global financial crisis and ways to cut high debt levels. watch the prime minister's news conference live this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. after that, live coverage of president obama's news conference as he leaves the g-20 summit in canada. that starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern also on c-span. >> starting monday, watch the confirmation hearings for a lionette cake and -- 40 leah kagan. you can see reid-paris on c- span2. -- a read-errors on c-span2 -- re-airs on c-span2. >> next, a look at new ways to counter the spread of terrorism ideology which remarks from former officials of the bush administration. the report's authors outline their findings and then take questions from the audience. posted by the washington institute, this is 1.5 hours. >> this is an important report by the institute. first, a word of context. every four years, the washington institute convened a series of what we call our presidential task force to look a

you're familiar with the united kingdom's efforts. they have a large scale homegrown threat and a pillar of their prevention efforts that outreach to muslim communities as compared to enhanced electronic surveillance as ways of addressing homegrown concerns.. >> i think that the operational implications of the mist pesticides threat -- of the threat -- if you have three kids in a basement, the prospect of any security service will find every one of those is zero. that is not what we do. sometimes it felt like that was the bar. we cannot limbo that bar. get over it. damage to al qaeda it means the prospect of hijackers on airplanes declines. kids to do something stupid, i think it has probably risen. going back to 2002, i don't remember -- it has been so long. so many vodka tonics. that was a joke, ok? dad, if you're watching, i man's diet coke.t i think is a manifestation of the threat of revolution. it is a step forward. these kids are not going to get 19 hijackers. i think your question about the our reach, do not look to the bridge

down payments on that framework, if i can use that term, first of all, the budget of the united kingdom, which strongly tackled the british deficit. chinese flexibility on exchange rates, and the new u.s. law on financial sector reform. the g-20 summit declaration that puts some of the meat on the bones of the framework of strong, sustainable, and balanced growth will lead us to country-level assessments as we approach the next meeting in seoul. it's also important to note agreement on ongoing and important financial sector reforms, specifically to increase the quality and quantity of capital standards to enhance oversight and a commitment to accelerate this work and complete it by the summit in south korea. there are property agreements on a couple of other matters. i'll just mention a couple. we've agreed to extend the washington standstill for another three years, and debt relief for the country of haiti, which, as you know, is an important priority for canada. there's also some important work that's been completed. it's on reform of international institutions. that work will also co

organization and secondly, what o we do about it and particularly i know you're familiar with the united kingdom's effort. they have a more significant, home grown scaled threat and they are -- the pillar of their prevention efforts and that kind of outreach to muslim communities, for example, as compared to, say, enhanced electronic surveillance as a way of addressing potential homegrown concerns? >> i think that the operational implications of these threats are significant for the united states. if you had three kids in a basement in atlanta, georgia, or portland, oregon or california, society the chance of society finding all three of those is zero. if that is the bar in this country, get over it. we can't limbo that. i mean, so, i think in terms of "strategic threat" damage al qaeda means the prospect of 19 hijackers on airlines declines. prospect that a couple of kidses will get a couple of a.k.-47's and doing something stupid has probably risen. going back to 2001-2002, it has been so long, so many vodka tonics it is out of my mind. it is a joke. ok? turn off the camera. dad, if you're watch

attendees will include france, germany, japan, the united kingdom and united states. the g-20 soummit discuss cutting debt levels. after that, live coverage of president obama's news conference as he leaves the summit in canada. >> now, president obama and vice-president biden honor gay pride month. the president talked about the administration's priorities, including benefits for same-sex partners and repealing the don't ask don't tell policy in the military. from the white house, this is 20 minutes. >> hello, hello, hello! [applause] hello, everybody! [applause] i was going to say welcome to the white house -- but you guys seem like you feel right at home. [laughter] you don't need me to tell you -- it's the people's house. a couple of acknowledgements that i want to make very quickly -- first of all, our director of the office of personnel management, who has just done an extraordinary job across the government -- give john berry a big round of applause. [applause] >> all right, john! all right, john! [laughter] >> our chair of the export/import bank, helping to br

gdp has fallen by 5.5 percentage points in the united kingdom. ercentage points. does the leader of the opposition remember his model of new zealand? it has had five consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. from the man who said he could never make

i take it was before the new prime minister of the united kingdom said that britain's finances were worse than we thought. they are going through painful and -- going through painful cuts. chairman merkle of germany said they are going to difficult times. they have a sizable group of spending cuts to deal with their spending crisis which she said were necessary to the future of their country. 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

that this increase would cost 163,000 jobs and reduce consumer spending by $5.3 billion in the united kingdom. it's not a surprise that the v.a.t. tax is creeping up. the average rate is now 20% a. and greece raced their rate to 21% as part of their bailout agreement. this is yet more evidence that the v.a.t. taxee are easy for countries to raise during times of fiscal crisis. with so much discussion about an american v.a.t., we have to be aware of what the true cost of such a tax would be to our own job growth and consumer spending. early proposals might calling for a 5% v.a.t. tax but in truth the seemingly easy revenue would take it all too easy for the u.s. government to quickly raise taxes to european levels. this seemingly easy tax revenue would have a great cost. american jobs. the v.a.t. tax is one tax we can't afford in america. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is re

it's healthful to compare to -- united kingdom is worst off. if you go debt, this is the larger term, year after year after year, united states is at 99% and you got greece and italy that are worst off than we are. that is not a good sign when we are in third place. this rate of spending just does not work. this is a path -- this is a glide path. i use the analogy of the old -- the guys of world war i that used to fly those airplanes, whatever it was that snoopy. they get in their spiral and head down to the earth and what happened is -- because of lousy economics, we're in essentially a grave yard spiral in economic and you, my friends, know what the solutions are to fix this. and there was a solution to the graveyard spiral. but from a pilot's point of view, their instinct is to pull the nose up but the counterintuetive thing is to pont the nose down. and there's the same kind of thing in our economy which we have to do or this economy is going to crash. and if you think 10% is bad for unemployment, it can get a whole lot worse. i yield to con

down payments, if i can use that term, the budget of the united kingdom which strongly tackled the british deficit, chinese flexibility on exchange rates, and the new u.s. law on financial regulatory reform. the g-20 summit declaration that puts some of the meat on the bones for strong, sustainable, and balanced growth will lead us to assessments as we approach the next meeting in seoul. it is important to note ongoing and important financial sector reforms to increase the quality and quantity of capital standards, to enhance spurred in regulatory oversight, and a commitment to a accelerate this work and completed by the summit in south korea. i should notice that the issue of bank levees has been left to individual companies -- individual countries. continued progress on anti- protectionism, we have agreed to keep the standstill for another three years. also debt relief for the country of haiti, which as you know, is an important priority for canada. there's also summon porn work being completed on reform of international institutions. that work will continue as we move forward. the g-20