Clonoe Inquest

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Julian Lewis
Tuesday 11th February 2025

(2 months, 4 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hilary Benn Portrait Hilary Benn
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Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. That is a judgment for others to make, if that is the view they take. I accept that the right hon. Gentleman has made that point, but it would be for others to consider it, and it may be a factor that the Ministry of Defence considers when it is looking at this set of rules.

Julian Lewis Portrait Sir Julian Lewis
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Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Is there any way within the rules of order that I can point out how the divisiveness of the exchanges that we have just had illustrates what happens when a line is not drawn under bitter historical conflicts?

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I think the right hon. Gentleman has just done that for us, and I think I have heard enough—let us move on.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Julian Lewis
Monday 13th January 2025

(3 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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There will be wizardry in the way this question from Sir Julian is delivered.

Julian Lewis Portrait Sir Julian Lewis (New Forest East) (Con)
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. Does the Minister accept that it would greatly assist the police to investigate crime in Newcastle-under-Lyme, and indeed elsewhere, if they were not spending an estimated 60,000 hours investigating and recording so-called non-crime hate incidents?