Debates between Andrew Mitchell and Kevin Hollinrake during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Andrew Mitchell and Kevin Hollinrake
Thursday 23rd January 2020

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Andrew Mitchell Portrait Mr Mitchell
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What is so interesting about this issue is that I drew entirely the opposite conclusion to what my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) said in his intervention. The conclusion that I drew was how uncertain this situation makes it for anyone put in this position, and how having to wait for a decision to be made at a time of great stress and misery in their life is so very wrong. That shows, I submit, that there are deeply felt views on both sides of this debate, and that it is for this House—this Parliament—to reach a conclusion.

Kevin Hollinrake Portrait Kevin Hollinrake
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Will my hon. Friend the Minister give way again just before he resumes?