Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

David Nuttall Excerpts
Thursday 11th November 2010

(13 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. The Leader of the House’s brevity now needs to be matched by that of Back Benchers.

David Nuttall Portrait Mr David Nuttall (Bury North) (Con)
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Will the Leader of the House consider instituting an annual debate on the military covenant, which, may I suggest, could be held as near as possible to Remembrance day each year?

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He will have seen the coalition’s programme for government document, which has a long paragraph about the military covenant. We are considering how best to rebuild and rewrite the covenant, and my hon. Friend has made an interesting suggestion.