Neighbourhood Policing: West Midlands
Debate between Marco Longhi and Edward Leigh(3 years ago)
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Steve McCabe
On a point of order, Sir Edward. Is it in order—or, indeed, the custom—for the Minister’s Parliamentary Private Secretary to read someone else’s speech during a debate?
Sir Edward Leigh (in the Chair)
Would the hon. Gentleman like to reply to that?
Marco Longhi
I would. If the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Steve McCabe) checked, he would find that I am not, in fact, a PPS.
Sir Edward Leigh (in the Chair)
We have established that. I apologise—I did not call you earlier because I thought you were a PPS; you are sitting in the PPS’s place. I know it is a bit of an insult to call anybody a PPS, so I think we all owe you an apology.