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Business of the House

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Excerpts
Thursday 18th November 2010

(13 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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One or two Labour Members tried that argument yesterday during the statement by my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury. I wholly reject the premise on which hon. Gentleman based his question. We have taken firm action to deal with the deficit, which is far lower than that in the Irish Republic, so I reject entirely his comparison.

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Portrait Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (The Cotswolds) (Con)
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. I shall try not to test your patience this time. Earlier this week, you launched an important survey of Members’ services in the House. That is important because it will indicate which Members give priority to which service, and which services should be provided in future. Will my right thon. Friend do all he can to encourage every hon. and right hon. Member to participate in that survey so that it provides as complete a result as possible?

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I am sure that the hon. Gentleman was asking either for a statement or for a debate, but just forgot to do so.