eurozone but the most important thing is to keep those interest rates low so that people it my in the pockets and we can see some good retail recovery. david rightly. [inaudible] canna primus to join me this season in supporting the great work these charities to and clicking the street was hundreds of thousands of pounds for the port work of our volunteers? i certainly join my honorable friend at this time of year particularly and praising the amazing work that hospices do. many hospices don t see the huge amount of government funding but they have to be very ingenious about how the race money from people up and down the country and collecting and recycling christmas trees so we don t just leave them outside the house but do this thing probably i think isn t that the id and enter the whole house will want to join in praising the work hospices do, particularly at christmastime. the prime minister has been promising legislation but a registered lobbyist for the past 18 mo
an estimated $1 at any time 2 billion that s missing from the fund. this hearing is a little more than an hour. [inaudible conversations] this hearing of the committee on agriculture to examine the mf global bankruptcy will come to order. i thank you for joining us today for this important hearing, and i d like to thank the ranking member and staff in help of pulling this hearing together and i thank our witnesses for being here. each member of the committee understands the importance of the futures market for farmers and ranchers across the country. for decades, futures markets have been a trusted tool for businesses seeking risk or to manage the risk. the bedrock of the trust in these marketses is based on the fundamental protections demanded by mandatory segregation of customer funds. this is supported an an explosive growth in recent years providing farmers, ranchers, businesses throughout the economy with risk management tools. these tools allow businesses to reduce th