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number one, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker, i am sure that members across the house will wish to join me in offering our condolences to the families and friends of andrea christie who died following the our thoughtss and are also with the family and friends of [inaudible] who was murdered in jerusalem. i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties, i have i have further such meetings today. thank you. i would like to join the prime minister in offering the condolences of the people of south licensure leicester. countriespanies need strong economies. strong countries need strong defenses. strong countries need strong leaders. go to nation prepares to the polls, as the nation prepares to go to the polls, apart from my right honorable friends, who else in this house can provide the leadership that is needed at this time? cheers] my honorable friend is right. there are three things the country needs, a strong economy, strong ....
while there s 2,537 wells wit one mile of the proposed pipeline, including 39 public water supply wells, 20 private wells within a hundred feet of the pipeline right-of-way. if the pipeline were to leak near the aquifer, the tar sands oil would quickly seep into the millions of people.minate water i ve already shown you a spill in arkansas. these spills happen. now, if a spill occurred near any of these aquifers, it would be tragic. local residents know the harm the pipeline could cause. i ll show you some pictures of local objecting ts objecting toe pipeline. in april, a group of ranchers, farmers and tribal leaders gathered in washington, d.c., for a rally. they wanted to send a strong signal to congress that they want their way of life protected. their farms, their tribal lands and their ranches. now, you re going to hear from tar sands proponents that the keystone pipeline will be safe, it will be a safe alternative to rail shipment of oil, but experience tells us ....
service. i recently met the team delivering this service and doing a good job under the circumstances but they told me the welsh language vote will be available until after the english-language version is available. can he explain why and when this will happen? as my right honorable friend the secretary of state of wilson to last week this issue was discussed at the job center itself and embrace it with the minister. we are meeting with the welsh language pressure to ensure we develop a service that is appropriate, and grow to the growth of universal credit across the whole of wales. wales. order. questions to the prime minister. question why mr. speaker. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i m sure the whole house will join and contribute to the british embassy staff were killed and injured in kabul following the horrific bomb attack last week. our thoughts are with their families and their friends at this time. we will not allow such inhumanity to deter us ....
but i m proud of the work this government has done to devolve spending powers and real powers to local authorities through the city deals, the devolution of some decision making and spending to local enterprise partnerships through the local growth deals, i think these are really good moves. i m delighted that we re going to see in greater manchester a new greater manchester metro there. this is great news. but i don t see the need for a lot of extra tax power, no, i m a bit skeptical of it. but who controls the tax? and in reality in england is less than 5%, around 2% of total taxation is actually controlled by local councils. that s the council tax. can you have real devolution of powers to local communities unless they have some say over the taxation that s raised in their areas, the rates of it and the amounts? can the people of england well, if you take away the system works now, what we ve tried to do as a government is to make sure there s a better connecti ....
but i m proud of the work this government has done to devolve spending powers and real powers to local authorities through the city deals, the devolution of some decision making and spending to local enterprise partnerships through the local growth deals, i think these are really good moves. i m delighted that we re going to see in greater manchester a new greater manchester metro there. this is great news. but i don t see the need for a lot of extra tax power, no, i m a bit skeptical of it. but who controls the tax? and in reality in england is less than 5%, around 2% of total taxation is actually controlled by local councils. that s the council tax. can you have real devolution of powers to local communities unless they have some say over the taxation that s raised in their areas, the rates of it and the amounts? can the people of england well, if you take away the system works now, what we ve tried to do as a government is to make sure there s a better connecti ....