"The hon. Gentleman appears to be saying that even if we accepted his extreme version of recall, it would not work because not enough people would take part...." Frank Dobson - View Speech
"It is customary to begin a speech by declaring an interest, but in this case I can declare a disinterest, as I am not standing at the next general election. Also, so far as I know, in the year of the great expenses scandal my expenses were the lowest of …..." Frank Dobson - View Speech
"That is what I believe in. I do not believe that introducing a recall system will further that degree of independence.
There is a brilliant example from my own constituency —not me, I rush to point out. My distinguished predecessor, Lena Jeger, was the Member for Holborn and St Pancras …..." Frank Dobson - View Speech
"Yes, but she would have been put to all the bother and expense of fighting for her seat in the middle of a parliamentary—..." Frank Dobson - View Speech
"I know that is the idea, and that is what is wrong with it. That is why it is a stupid idea.
This is intended to punish certain individuals, but it would have the effect of persuading a lot of other people who were feeling a bit edgy about things …..." Frank Dobson - View Speech
"The one thing that is certain is that no one in this House or anywhere else can be certain that the policies we are being asked to endorse will succeed. If we look at the track record of the interventions of the French, British and Americans in the middle east …..." Frank Dobson - View Speech
"That may be true, but it must be said that without the American intervention from the air, the chances are that ISIS would now be in control of Baghdad. They had to be stopped militarily and one function of the air attacks is to deprive them of their use of …..." Frank Dobson - View Speech