Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Kevin Brennan Excerpts
Thursday 28th April 2011

(13 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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My hon. Friend raises a very important issue. I will take up the matter with the Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government to get a detailed response to the proposition that my hon. Friend has shared with the House.

Kevin Brennan Portrait Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab)
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May we have a debate on reforming Prime Minister’s questions? The current Prime Minister sometimes seems to be quite casual—some might even say careless—with the facts at Prime Minister’s questions. If there was a hooter at the Clerk’s desk that sounded every time the Prime Minister made a factual error, that might help to prevent the patronising of people who are just putting him straight with the facts.

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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But why should the hooter just be confined to the Prime Minister? Why should it not apply equally to Labour Members?