order. statement, the secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs. money rocks money rocks . secretary william hayes. mr. speaker, with permission i ll make a statement on the crisis in syria. the time has come to announce to the house necessary developments in our policy and our readiness to develop it further if the bloodshed continues. two years after it gans began, 10,000 people have died since i last updated the house in early january. that means more people have died in the first two months of this year than in the whole of the first year of the conflict. the total estimated death toll is now over 70,000 people. the regime has used scud ballistic missiles against civilian areas and there s evidence of grave human rights violations, war crimes and crimes against humanity including massacres, torture, summary executions and a systematic policy of rape and sexual violence by the regime forces and its militia. a year
that what my honorable friend asks for happens. i quite understand that when you launch a project like hs2, it does cause a lot of local concern, a lot of unease. that is why we will put in place a very generous compensation scheme. but i would say to my honorable friend, i think if we are going to win in the global race economically, we ve got to make sure we invest in new infrastructure whether that is roads, bridges, tunnels or, indeed, roadways, high-speed rail. the rest of the world is getting onboard a high-speed rail, and it s clear we should too. i m taking the exact sum out of the care sector s early intervention grant. seems to me me to be a classic example of giving with one hand and taking with the other. is the prime minister not acting in a manner more usually associated with his coalition partners? i don t accept that. it is important we make progress with rates of adoption in our country. far too many children are left for far too long in care when we know
unfortunately the inclim ate weather canceled it. it s a place where bipartisan bills at the state level have led with federal partnership to the critical catalytic investments in improving criminal justice systems. the bulletproof partnership is something i had a police officer from dover, delaware, a couple months ago, was shot twice close range in the chest and survived. the county where i used to serve, their lives were saved. we should be re-authorizing this program. i look forward working with you on that. last question if i could, in the same vein. the victims of child abuse act and the child advocacy centers that it funds, i think are an enormous resource for law enforcement and prevent the revictimization by children who were traumatized to be interviewed once. it has all the relevant folks there and present. the one i visited, a children s hospital in new cassel county, the resource for our community and our law enforcement community is terrific. i was surprised t