Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Mark Pritchard Excerpts
Thursday 14th October 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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I share the hon. Lady’s concern. I thought that there had been legislation relatively recently to address that problem, but if there is a loophole in it, I shall raise that with my hon. Friends at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

Mark Pritchard Portrait Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)
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May we have an urgent debate on Burma? With the Burmese elections due on 7 November, does the Leader of the House agree that those elections need to be free and fair, and that if the Burmese regime is serious about engaging with the international community, it needs to honour its pledge and release Aung San Suu Kyi?