Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Julian Lewis Excerpts
Thursday 12th October 2017

(7 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I call Dr Julian Lewis.

Julian Lewis Portrait Dr Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con)
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As well as my weekly—[Interruption.]

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I do beg the pardon of the hon. Member for Walsall South (Valerie Vaz). I am not bothered about the right hon. Gentleman—I do not have to beg his pardon; I have known him for 34 years. It is no use his smiling beatifically at me. I call Valerie Vaz.

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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call the good doctor—Dr Julian Lewis.

Julian Lewis Portrait Dr Julian Lewis
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Thank you, Mr Speaker; it is always worth waiting for a good opportunity.

As well as my perennial request for a statement about what steps the Government will take to protect our Northern Ireland service veterans from pursuit in the courts, perhaps I may ask for a good news statement about the progress made by so many schools and colleges in GCSEs and A-levels in recent weeks and months.

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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I believe that that was two questions; we are all keeping count. I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his assiduous focus on good news stories for this country. He is right to raise them and I certainly join him in congratulating all those who achieved so excellently in our schools and higher education colleges with GCSEs and A-levels, and in other forms of higher education such as apprenticeships, under this Conservative Government.