Mike Gapes
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Combat Compensation
Mike Gapes Excerpts(7 years, 4 months ago)
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Mr Ellwood
Yes, if the hon. Gentleman will be helpful and say that he might be reconsidering.
Mike Gapes (in the Chair)
Order. I do not think that interventions necessarily have to be helpful.
Wayne David
I am so pleased you said that, Mr Gapes. I was not going to introduce party politics into the debate, but as the Minister has done so, I want to make it absolutely clear that the Opposition want fairness and transparency, but that we also recognise that we live in a parliamentary democracy in which the rule of law is a cornerstone. I understand the operational necessities of conflict, but it is important that we always bear that in mind.