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Dennis Skinner Excerpts
Thursday 11th December 2014

(9 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tony Baldry Portrait Sir Tony Baldry
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I am glad that after all this time we have managed to solve the problem at St Hilda’s at Ellerburn. It demonstrates that with perseverance and working together with Natural England, it is possible to come up with a solution that enables congregations to worship but does not harm bats.

Dennis Skinner Portrait Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover) (Lab)
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When I opened the Christmas fair last Saturday in Wessington church, I had loads of conversations with everybody, including the vicar. Not once did they ever mention that there were bats around. It is just conceivable that the bats were not there because the beast of Bolsover was in the church.

Tony Baldry Portrait Sir Tony Baldry
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“Baldry on Bats” part 3 has not contemplated the idea of getting the hon. Gentleman around to every church that is infested with bats to exorcise them, but it is certainly worth considering.