Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill Debate
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David Evennett
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Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill
David Evennett ExcerptsFriday 3rd February 2017
(7 years, 9 months ago)
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David Tredinnick
The Bill actually affects Wales, but it will not be implemented there and I do not have the statistics for Wales.
Something that has not been mentioned in any of the proceedings so far is what I call unusual events. I shall cite two exceptional events and suggest that the Bill might be useful in those circumstances. I have always been really happy to represent the constituency of Bosworth, which is where English history changed on 22 August 1485, when the last of the Yorkist Plantagenet line—
David Tredinnick
Indeed; King Richard died in horrid circumstances, leaving Henry Tudor to be crowned Henry VII. In the run-up to the 2015 election, Richard’s mortal remains were discovered in a car park in Leicester. [Hon. Members: “Ah!”] Interestingly, the exact position where he was found—my hon. Friends might like to hear this—was under a parking bay with an “R” on it, which one might say stood for “Reserved”, but it actually turned out to stand for “Rex”, Latin for king—Richard Rex, King of England.