Horsemeat Debate
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Lord Soames of Fletching
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(11 years, 9 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. There is much interest but very little time, and so far exchanges have been too long. What we require is a model of brevity, to be exemplified by Mr Nicholas Soames.
Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con)
Does my hon. Friend agree that our right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has put together one of the biggest operations of its type ever in the European Union to secure a result across the whole of the European Union? Will he acknowledge that the use of bute is grossly exaggerated? It is used, but nothing like as much as is claimed.