Agenda for Change: NHS Pay Restraint
Debate between Roger Gale and Philippa Whitford(7 years, 9 months ago)
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Sir Roger Gale (in the Chair)
Order. You cannot take one intervention following another intervention. I call the Minister to speak.
European Union Referendum Bill
Debate between Roger Gale and Philippa Whitford(9 years, 5 months ago)
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Dr Philippa Whitford
I, too, declare an interest, in that my husband is German. He has been here for 29 years, working as a general practitioner and paying tax, but he does not get to vote in elections to this House, which sets his rate of taxation, and he certainly did not get to vote for me.
Given the argument that the hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Tom Tugendhat) is making, is there not a danger that this will become a very nationalistic debate? That accusation was thrown at the SNP when our nationalism was completely civic and open to everyone. Pursuing a genetic-source, where-were-you-born franchise is a dangerous argument to follow.
The Temporary Chair (Sir Roger Gale)
I remind the Committee that interventions are intended to be brief. [Interruption.] He’s finished? I’m terribly sorry; I thought that the hon. Lady was intervening.