Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Tristram Hunt Excerpts
Wednesday 20th March 2013

(11 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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That is exactly right. I can confirm that there has been minimal impact on public services and that the public will have been inconvenienced to a very small extent by today’s strike. The borders at the airports and ports have been properly manned, queues have been minimal and I am delighted to say that at Birmingham airport alone, there have been significant seizures of illegal drugs to the benefit of protecting the public.

Tristram Hunt Portrait Tristram Hunt (Stoke-on-Trent Central) (Lab)
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T4. Today’s shambolic, reactionary Budget will put the Labour party another step closer to government. Now that we have a fixed-term Parliament, will the Minister lay out a proper timetable for Opposition access to the civil service so that we can clear the mess up?

Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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I am afraid that I did not hear a single word that the hon. Gentleman said—[Interruption.]