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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jun 2019
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"Order. We are running late. I will accommodate the remaining questioners on the condition that they confine themselves to a single-sentence question, without preamble. No dilation is required...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Jun 2019
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"The Secretary of State is an extraordinarily brilliant and cerebral fellow. He has not quite yet got the hang of the rather more prosaic matter of the announcement of the desire to group, but I shall do it for him. The Secretary of State wishes to group this question with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
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"We are running very late. I can live with that because my intention is, as always, to accommodate Back-Bench Members, but they could help each other by now contenting themselves with single-sentence questions...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
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"Order. I am sorry, but I clearly said that Members should be asking single-sentence questions. People have to be able to adjust. It is not difficult...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
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"Not now. We have three urgent questions and a business statement. There will be points of order in due course...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
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"Mr Philip Dunne—not here. Where is the fella? I hope he is not indisposed. We will have to proceed...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Apr 2019
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"In congratulating the hon. Member for Huddersfield upon the magnificence of his tie, I call Mr Barry Sheerman...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Mar 2019
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"I do not want to invest levity into these important proceedings, but equally one must not lose one’s sense of humour. That £32 billion volume of trade with Switzerland is very important, but I always say the best thing about Switzerland is not its watches, its financial services or its …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Mar 2019
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"I call Victoria Prentis—not here...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Mar 2019
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"It is very good of the hon. Member for Banbury to drop in on us, and we welcome her to the Chamber. I hope that she has fully recovered her breath, after what must have been an arduous excursion from wherever she was to the Chamber, and that she is …..."
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