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Monday 7th July 2014

(10 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I am happy to call the hon. Gentleman if he can confirm on the record that he was here at the start.

Jason McCartney Portrait Jason McCartney
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Absolutely, Mr Speaker.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Good. I call Jason McCartney.

Jason McCartney Portrait Jason McCartney
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Thank you, Mr Speaker. Much of Geoffrey Dickens’s former Huddersfield West seat was incorporated into my constituency, so there is much local interest in this in my part of the world. I very much welcome the announcement of today’s independent inquiry. Will the Home Secretary assure me that it will look into all the evidence and all the allegations, no matter how old?

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