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Business of the House

Lord Watts Excerpts
Thursday 22nd July 2010

(14 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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We have just had Transport questions, and I do not know whether my hon. Friend was able to ask that question of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. One rail fatality is one fatality too many and I shall certainly raise with the Secretary of State for Transport the proposition that my hon. Friend has just put to the House.

Lord Watts Portrait Mr Dave Watts (St Helens North) (Lab)
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Further to the question of my hon. Friend the Member for Eltham (Clive Efford), it is clear that at Prime Minister’s Question Time yesterday the Deputy Prime Minister was answering in a personal capacity. That denied the House of Commons the ability to hold the Government to account. May we have an extra PMQs in September so that we can try to get some accountability from the Government?

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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The Deputy Prime Minister’s views on the war in Iraq are well known and should have come as no surprise to the hon. Gentleman.