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Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Baroness Beckett(11 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Margaret Beckett (Derby South) (Lab)
Mr Speaker
Margaret Beckett is not here. Will the Secretary of State answer the question as though she were, so that I can call the shadow Minister?
The Economy and Living Standards
Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Baroness Beckett(10 years, 5 months ago)
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Margaret Beckett
I have heard that argument in the House so many times. Indeed, the Chancellor used it today. However, there is a bit that I have missed: the bit where the right hon. Gentleman explained how the last Government also brought about the crashes in the United States and Japan, and in Spain and Italy and throughout the European Union. I am looking forward to hearing him give that explanation.
Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
Order. We need short interventions, and, in fairness, Members should not bait others who have just spoken. I do not think that that helps to ensure that everyone else will have a chance to speak.