National Security (The Guardian)
Debate between Paul Flynn and Martin Caton(11 years ago)
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Paul Flynn
On a point of order, Mr Caton. You are the guardian of the reputation of this debate, and so far it has demeaned Parliament’s reputation, because we have had two speeches that were written and read with no attempt to engage us in debate. This is McCarthyite scaremongering that disgraces Parliament.
Martin Caton (in the Chair)
Order. My response is exactly the same as the one I gave to Mr Winnick.
Welsh Grand Committee (Scrutiny)
Debate between Paul Flynn and Martin Caton(14 years ago)
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Paul Flynn
On a point of order, Mr Caton. The Conservative spokesman intervened on other speeches and has refused interventions on his own speech.
Martin Caton (in the Chair)
The gift of allowing interventions is entirely in the control of the hon. Member who is speaking.
Paul Flynn (Newport West) (Lab)
The key point about the debate is that the Government have chosen 50 seats as a cut, knowing that that will affect Wales, Scotland, Manchester and other Labour areas. That is a cynical piece of gerrymandering, and is despicable—
Martin Caton (in the Chair)
Order. We must move on to the next debate, on the post office network.