Today’s Business of the House Debate

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Today’s Business of the House

Kevin Brennan Excerpts
Thursday 26th March 2015

(9 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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It is for the House to decide on the merits of this. I do not think my right hon. Friend can argue that we are in anything other than prime time at the moment, since the House is well attended and this debate is receiving a great deal of attention. It is for the House to decide on the merits of the motions. If the motion on a secret ballot is carried, it will be for the House to make its own decisions in the future.

Kevin Brennan Portrait Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab)
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May I say to my right hon. Friend—I call him my right hon. Friend having known him for 35 years and, as he knows, admired greatly his qualities, including his qualities of Churchillian speech-making—that I am afraid that today will not go down as his finest hour?

Lord Hague of Richmond Portrait Mr Hague
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I am always grateful to my hon. Friend, if I may call him that, for his observations, even if I do not agree with that particular one.