Securitisation Regulations 2018

Debate between Baroness Laing of Elderslie and John Glen

Wednesday 13th February 2019 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

I call Anneliese Dodds.

[John Glen]

rose—

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

I beg your pardon. If the Minister would like to respond, and it is the wish of the House that he should do so, he may.

Passchendaele

Debate between Baroness Laing of Elderslie and John Glen

Thursday 13th July 2017 Commons Chamber

[John Glen]

I thank my right hon. Friend for his pertinent intervention, which the whole House will welcome.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing)]

Order. The Minister is right that the whole House will welcome the right hon. Gentleman’s illustration, but the House will note that there is a good reason why we do not use props. I did not stop the right hon. Gentleman in this exceptional circumstance, because he showed us the photographs with the very best of intentions. I am not quite sure how Hansard will record the pictures, but the Minister is right to note the right hon. Gentleman’s point.

[John Glen]

That day also saw the death of the Irish poet Francis Ledwidge. It is important to remember that many of those who fought at Passchendaele were conscripts and that the war had already led to huge changes around these islands. Women were already playing a vital role in the war effort, particularly in the production of munition for the artillery, which was so critical to the outcome of the fighting. For many of us, Passchendaele has come to epitomise the horrors of trench warfare on the western front.