Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Greg Hands Excerpts
Thursday 18th November 2010

(14 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend, but the specific incident that he mentioned is a matter for the police and the Crown Prosecution Service. I think we all have a role in challenging extremism. We should all stand up for our shared British values and against extremists and their bigoted, racist and false ideology.

Greg Hands Portrait Greg Hands (Chelsea and Fulham) (Con)
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The Leader of the House will have seen reports earlier this week that the internet is running out of space. Can we have a debate on that to ask Members how they can do their bit to help? I note that the right hon. Member for Morley and Outwood (Ed Balls) still has a live website, edballs4labour.org, and a Twitter account for his leadership bid, @TeamEdB. Perhaps he has plans to reactivate those in the near future, but in the meantime will the Leader of the House call on all hon. Members to remove needless clutter from the internet?

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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We would all endorse that, and I am sure that no one would be happier than the Leader of the Opposition if the right hon. Member for Morley and Outwood (Ed Balls) withdrew those websites.