:15:02. > :15:12.There is a straight debt - a debt of honour. These guys enabled Arab
:15:12. > :15:18.
:15:18. > :15:27.troops on the ground, at risk of Stabilini Visiloni Ltd --
:15:27. > :15:36.There is debate about whether that would include families of people
:15:36. > :15:40.who worked with British soldiers out in Afghanistan. The truth of
:15:40. > :15:48.the matter is, these are interpreters. The rest of them may
:15:48. > :15:54.be at some rest. Should they be helped? -- some risk. These guys
:15:54. > :15:59.were at the front line - being shot in day-in and day-out. They were
:15:59. > :16:04.not in some area, cleaning dishes. I come back to the central
:16:04. > :16:08.proposition. We have done this already for our interpreters in
:16:08. > :16:13.Iraq. Ask any soldier were there that debt of honour should be
:16:13. > :16:18.delivered and you will get a clear answer. I cannot understand why the
:16:18. > :16:24.Government is thinking about it. Have you spoken to anyone in the
:16:24. > :16:30.Government about it? Those private discussions ought to be kept
:16:30. > :16:35.private. There was a meeting the other day to talk about this. The
:16:35. > :16:41.view that it should be treated in same way as Iraq, I am told the
:16:41. > :16:48.Home Office is in favour, the MoD is in favour, Nick Clegg is in
:16:48. > :16:53.favour. Everyone went away and thought about how to apply it. It
:16:53. > :16:59.is not supportable and untenable. Most people seem to be in support
:16:59. > :17:05.of it. Here is a question. Find me a squaddie who has served alongside
:17:05. > :17:09.these blokes. Find me one who does not. I believe you - I will not be
:17:09. > :17:12.able to. What better on such a lovely spring day than a trip down
:17:12. > :17:16.to your local market? But imagine if it was selling payment
:17:16. > :17:19.protection insurance you don't need - or over priced energy. Not such a
:17:19. > :17:22.pleasant experience. In the first of our series of MPs' soapboxes,
:17:22. > :17:32.Conservative MP Laura Sands tells us why we need to restore
:17:32. > :17:48.
:17:48. > :17:56.transparency in the marketplace. -- Come and buy your horse feed. More
:17:56. > :18:02.air than Oates in that packet. PPI at discount rates. Price rises have
:18:02. > :18:07.been disguised by the size of packaging. Disguised by substitute
:18:07. > :18:17.products. Also price rises with strange promotions. It is now time
:18:17. > :18:22.
:18:22. > :18:28.the consumer has the trees. -- the truth. We're up in this market,
:18:28. > :18:33.where you can see and taste your food. It is important that we and
:18:33. > :18:43.consumers know what the food has in it, what it looks like and how much
:18:43. > :18:49.
:18:49. > :18:53.bearers in the box. It looks At the heart of markets is knowing
:18:53. > :18:59.what you're going to buy. I am calling for greater simplification
:18:59. > :19:06.on labelling and unit pricing. I mean, how many people know what a
:19:06. > :19:13.kilowatt hour is? Then there would take kilo of cheeses. -- they know
:19:13. > :19:17.what a kilo of cheese is. Companies must not mislead consumers. I am
:19:17. > :19:21.calling for greater penalties to companies who do mislead the
:19:21. > :19:30.consumer. I am a Conservative and I believe that markets work but only
:19:30. > :19:35.when the consumer is king. After that trip to the market, she is
:19:35. > :19:42.here now. To really think he can make something like choosing energy
:19:42. > :19:47.tariffs as easy as choosing cheese? Ultimately, we have got the wrong
:19:47. > :19:52.unit. What does a kilowatt hour do for you and what does it do to your
:19:52. > :19:58.home? We need to translate this into units that people understand.
:19:58. > :20:01.Also their products have a miles per gallon label on them. That is
:20:01. > :20:07.not the same between differentiating between different
:20:07. > :20:12.types of gas. It does the same thing - come through the same pipes
:20:12. > :20:17.was a cheese is quite different. Cheese tastes, smells, looks
:20:17. > :20:22.different and the price is different. Gas is not like that.
:20:22. > :20:26.is not about that, it is about the consumer having power to receive a
:20:26. > :20:31.product. If the have a plasma television on standby, it can cost
:20:31. > :20:35.you a whole lot of money on standby. Tumble driers - one of the most
:20:35. > :20:41.expensive products to have in your home. Does it say miles per gallon
:20:41. > :20:47.on a product when you bring it into your home? I have constituents row
:20:47. > :20:53.really suffering because of high energy prices and they do not know
:20:53. > :21:02.how to control it. The marketing gas is not extremely competitive.
:21:02. > :21:09.It is not a bad gas. It is about controlling consumption. -- about
:21:09. > :21:15.gas. We should be talking about energy waste. We cannot do anything
:21:16. > :21:19.about the market, that is what the Government has told me about.
:21:19. > :21:23.can choose your supplier but you need to be in control of the
:21:23. > :21:30.product itself as a bid is about knowing what a kilowatt hour does
:21:30. > :21:34.and what is used in that kilowatt- hour around your home. I am sorry
:21:34. > :21:39.to come back to this but it is such a big issue. Political parties say
:21:39. > :21:45.time and again that the are the ones are not doing enough. That is
:21:45. > :21:51.because she cannot set that up like a market. If it is the way in which
:21:51. > :21:54.the Prime Minister says everyone is on a local tariff, there is no
:21:54. > :21:59.competition. It is about knowing exactly what energy is being used
:21:59. > :22:09.full. The Big Issue I have in my constituency is people are so
:22:09. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:17.frightened in her -- about their bill, earned energy off and become
:22:17. > :22:22.cold. -- they turn. Often it is an argument against privatisation of
:22:22. > :22:26.public utilities. Not an argument against competition introducing
:22:26. > :22:31.competition between private providers. It is a margin for
:22:31. > :22:35.improving and effecting that competition. -- a market. I have
:22:35. > :22:43.sat down with might and lectures are D Bell and tried to work out
:22:43. > :22:48.what I am paying per kilowatt. -- my electricity bill. Is there any
:22:48. > :22:53.sector in which competition in the marketplace does not work? Certain
:22:53. > :22:59.places, like water, you're getting it from one supplier of. Instead of
:22:59. > :23:02.getting consumers to have food science degrees to understand food
:23:02. > :23:08.labelling, will become electrical engineers to understand and it to
:23:08. > :23:12.the two girls, these companies have an incumbent responsibility to
:23:12. > :23:20.translate their product and await a consumer can activate and push and
:23:20. > :23:27.pull within the market. Should there be more competition for state
:23:27. > :23:31.school places? Absolutely. A free school in London has created more
:23:31. > :23:37.competition. We make Latin mandatory up to the age of 14. One
:23:37. > :23:44.of them neighbouring community schools has introduce Latin for the
:23:44. > :23:50.first time. -- introduced. You do need surplus places. It is hard to
:23:50. > :23:55.make an argument for that during a period of austerity. In a sense,
:23:55. > :23:59.there is no choice. There are surplus places in the system at
:23:59. > :24:06.present. There is a shortage at primary level. That needs to be
:24:06. > :24:11.dealt with and addressed. There is still a surplus of places. What is
:24:11. > :24:17.it about Eton? The Prime Minister, the Archbishop of Canterbury and
:24:17. > :24:25.the Mayor of London were all educated there. Last week, two more
:24:25. > :24:35.Old Etonians got jobs in Downing Street. They're among the many
:24:35. > :24:35.
:24:35. > :25:17.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:25:17. > :25:21.movers and shakers educated at Now who better to discuss this
:25:21. > :25:24.issue than two people of influence educated at state schools? The
:25:24. > :25:26.Labour MP, Hazel Blears, an alumna of Worsley Wardley Grammar School,
:25:26. > :25:36.and Toby Young alumnus of Fortismere School in London is
:25:36. > :25:42.
:25:42. > :25:49.still with us of course. Let us turn to you, not as an Old Etonian.
:25:49. > :25:55.If Eton does have such a commitment to public service, as Jesse Norman.
:25:55. > :25:59.Why are there not more of them in social services? One of the manor
:25:59. > :26:09.for stations the public service ethic takes at schools like Eton is
:26:09. > :26:10.
:26:10. > :26:15.to encourage its pupils to pursue careers in politics. -- one of the
:26:15. > :26:19.manifestations. The criticism of having too many old Etonians at
:26:19. > :26:24.Number 10, we should encourage other schools - not eaten - to do
:26:24. > :26:29.as much as Eton does to try to get their graduates into politics.
:26:29. > :26:36.cannot get to these positions because Old Etonians in power just
:26:36. > :26:41.keep taking on other Old Etonians. I think, in the past, a Prime
:26:41. > :26:47.Minister might have been cautious about promoting people who were old
:26:47. > :26:51.Etonians on merit, because of its political toxicity. Britain is now
:26:51. > :26:58.perceived to be a less class-bound society. As a result, it is not as
:26:58. > :27:04.politically toxic as it might have been. There has been a reaction to
:27:04. > :27:12.it. Even from some of his own MPs. They are not all representing
:27:12. > :27:22.constituencies in the Westminster village. There are other schools
:27:22. > :27:25.and some even admit women, has been said. I have always said I do not
:27:25. > :27:31.mind if the Prime Minister has some Old Etonians in his Cabinet. What
:27:31. > :27:35.worries me is when you get a Cabinet when you get people made up
:27:35. > :27:41.from the same kind of background. If he said on a company board to
:27:41. > :27:44.have had every one from a similar background, that business would not
:27:44. > :27:48.succeed. In need a range of people with different light expenses,
:27:48. > :27:53.different views, the ability to put a challenge into the system. I have
:27:53. > :27:59.set up a scheme to bring working- class people to come and work in
:27:59. > :28:03.Parliament, paid them a proper wage. Too many people are special
:28:03. > :28:09.advisers, getting into government and ending up in the Cabinet.
:28:09. > :28:13.there a danger that Labour is characterised as any wanting to see
:28:13. > :28:18.state school pupils on the other side? This is a problem in all
:28:18. > :28:22.political parties - Labour, Liberal Democrats and the Tory Party. We
:28:22. > :28:26.have Tory politicians who have not done any other kind of job. There
:28:26. > :28:31.is a political class that does not speak to them. We must do something
:28:31. > :28:37.about it. They must become part of politics for people who would
:28:37. > :28:40.normally never get a foot in the door. I feel passionately about it.
:28:40. > :28:47.The more diversity there is in government, the better. It is as
:28:47. > :28:54.much a problem for the Labour Party and as for the Conservative Party.