Ian Murray
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(11 years, 7 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. Mr Gray, I was thinking of calling you to ask a question, but if you continue to misbehave, I might not.
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab)
Q8. Does the Deputy Prime Minister agree with me, the late Baroness Thatcher, senior Government members on the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, the Liberal Democrat manifesto, the Minister in charge of the Royal Mail and his own Government, and does he still agree with himself, that the privatisation of the Royal Mail is a step too far?
The Deputy Prime Minister
We should welcome the innovative way in which we are seeking to give workers in Royal Mail a stake in the company. The hon. Gentleman’s party used to believed in worker ownership, but as on so many other issues it is still a blank sheet of paper when it comes to public policy of any significance. The Government are moving forward; the Opposition are standing still.