Military Aviation Industry

John Bercow Excerpts

Wednesday 15th September 2010 Commons Chamber

[Graham Jones]

Thank you very much for raising that. You make a very good point that there has been no dialogue—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. May I gently say to the hon. Gentleman that I have not made any point at all? It is important that the second person is not used. We must get into the habit of holding debates through the Chair. I know that the hon. Gentleman will wish to continue that now—we look forward to it.

[Graham Jones]

I apologise, Mr. Speaker. It is a result of being a new MP.

There has been little dialogue between the Government and unions. We need more discussion of the future prospects. I appeal to the coalition to engage in more dialogue and to think about the decision that it will make.

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[Mark Hendrick]

rose—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. May I just say to the hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) that as he has only just toddled into the Chamber he should not be chuntering from a sedentary position in evident disapproval of the views of others?

[Mark Hendrick]

The Minister ignores the fact that we had a major global economic crisis and the Government had to bail out the banks after the irresponsible behaviour of generations of financiers. The reason we are in the terrible state we are in now, which the coalition Government seem to forget, is the behaviour of the bankers, not of the previous Government.