Venezuela Debate
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Andrew Bridgen
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Venezuela
Andrew Bridgen Excerpts(5 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
The hon. Member for North West Leicestershire is poised like a panther about to pounce. Let us hear the fellow.
Andrew Bridgen (North West Leicestershire) (Con)
It is the only way to be noticed, Mr Speaker.
I welcome the urgent question. For too long, the House has stood by and watched Venezuela, which should be a prosperous country, slip into tyranny and destitution. Did my right hon. Friend hear the comments made on the radio by Ken Livingstone, the former Labour Mayor of London? He said that the reason for the problems in Venezuela was that the Marxist regime, when it seized power, did not execute enough people.
Mr Speaker
This is all very well, and I look forward to hearing the Minister of State, but it is fair to say that he has no responsibility for the pronouncements of Mr Livingstone, and is probably pleased not to have.