More Unanswered questions from Gordon Brown

A couple of unanswered questions to the PM of note from yesterday again given little coverage in the media: Q4. [251629] Mr. Graham Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) (Con): Last week, the Prime Minister tried to cover up the expenses of Ministers. This week—

Hon. Members: Oh!

Mr. Speaker: Order. The hon. Gentleman must withdraw that remark. It is not a proper thing to say. Try to rephrase the question in another way.

Mr. Stuart: I withdraw that remark, Mr. Speaker.

This week, Labour peers stand accused of selling the law of the land for cash. Does the Prime Minister still claim, like his predecessor, that Labour is whiter than white?

Strange that the above is not a proper thing to say - after all as this blog reported at length that was exactly what occurred in the Commons last week. How about this other cracker of a question though for the clearly demented Prime Minister: Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle) (Con): What is the sterling value of an ounce of gold today, and what was it when the Prime Minister started selling our gold reserves in July 1999? The Treasury's gold sales between 1999 and 2002 netted an average price of $275 an ounce , according to The Guardian here. The Sterling price today is 616 pounds an ounce or 881 US Dollars a loss of $606 an ounce which on 395 tonnes gives indication enough why Brown ran scared from this question as well! Nor even did proper reply come to this question which came earlier: Q10. [251635] Andrew Selous (South-West Bedfordshire) (Con): If all our problems come from America and the rest of the world, why is the pound falling so sharply against the dollar and the euro? The pound just dropped beneath $1.41 so that $606 per ounce loss on the gold is now costing four hundred and thirty pounds sterling an ounce!