Thursday 12th May 2011

(13 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Neil Carmichael Portrait Neil Carmichael (Stroud) (Con)
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The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I generally welcome the motion and will be happy to support it, because it is absolutely necessary that we have a different approach to the common fisheries policy. I wish to draw the House’s attention to a report produced many years ago by a House of Lords Committee, which highlighted the need to apply science and technology—

Baroness Primarolo Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)
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Order. The hon. Gentleman is making an intervention. If he wishes to draw the House’s attention to something, he can make a speech, but he cannot do so in an intervention, so we will leave it at that.

Alan Whitehead Portrait Dr Whitehead
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I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. If he wishes to intervene again briefly, I will give way.