EU Membership (Audit of Costs and Benefits) Bill

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Oliver Colvile

Friday 26th February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Oliver Colvile]

My great grandfather was a rural vicar in Oxfordshire. He said that he did not mind his congregation looking at their watches; it was when they started shaking them that he became concerned. I feel that that is something we should take on board.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

I assure you that I am beginning to look at my watch.

Overseas Voters Bill

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Oliver Colvile

Friday 26th February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Oliver Colvile]

Does my hon. Friend also recognise that “The Archers”, and not just “Hollyoaks”, has a significant part to play? It is a very good soap opera, and would it not be wonderful were it to start talking about people abroad?

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

I think it is time I joined in. Whatever we do, we are not going around the soaps. We are talking about overseas registration, not plots about registration in the UK.