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Business of the House

Valerie Vaz Excerpts
Thursday 1st May 2014

(10 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Lansley Portrait Mr Lansley
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My right hon. Friend makes an interesting suggestion, but I fear that it is not one we will take up. When the Leader of the Opposition asks his six questions, often what he leaves out speaks volumes, and I think that will inform the public as he continues to be bereft of anything to say on Labour’s plans for the economy.

Valerie Vaz Portrait Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab)
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We all rightly condemn the abduction of more than 200 girls from their school in Nigeria, so may we have an urgent debate on how Britain can help to ensure that they are returned to their rightful place, which is with their families and, more particularly, are in education?

Lord Lansley Portrait Mr Lansley
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The hon. Lady is absolutely right. We will all have been horrified by what we have seen and by the continuing trauma that those girls and their families and friends must be experiencing. We will do everything we can to help. I will of course speak with my right hon. and hon. Friends in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to see whether they can advise Members on what more can be done.