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David Crausby Excerpts
Thursday 29th October 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Westminster Hall
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David Crausby Portrait Mr David Crausby (in the Chair)
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Order. If Members wish to speak, they will need to indicate that by standing. Philip Boswell is standing, so I will call him.

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David Mowat Portrait David Mowat
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Without wanting to take this too much further, I should say that I do not think it was Luxembourg and Malta; I think it was Cyprus and Malta. Perhaps we could clarify that.

David Crausby Portrait Mr David Crausby (in the Chair)
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You were doing so well.

Kevin Brennan Portrait Kevin Brennan
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We were indeed, Mr Crausby. All I will say is this. The notion that, had the Conservatives carried on in power after 1997 we would have had a much greener Government than the Labour one, who passed the Climate Change Act 2008, is one that I find slightly difficult to believe. Anyway, without labouring the point too far, I was saying that in my view—