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John Bercow
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(12 years, 11 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. What are required now are short questions and short answers, because we must move on. That is the way it has to be done.
Tony Baldry (Banbury) (Con)
Birmingham has a greater length of canals than Venice, and the country as a whole has an extensive canal network, so what assessment has my hon. Friend made of its potential to link those parts of the country with above-average rainfall with those parts that need more water?