Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Wednesday 12th December 2018

(6 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I would gently point out that this is not an essay exchange competition; this is Question Time. For goodness’ sake, let’s speed up.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Will the Minister remind the House how many brave British service personnel were killed or wounded in Operation Banner, which was the defence by this country against a terrorist onslaught in Northern Ireland?

John Penrose Portrait John Penrose
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Having been in the job for three and a half weeks, I am afraid that I do not have the precise number, but it was very many and the tragedy was huge.