Business of the House (Thursday) Debate

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Business of the House (Thursday)

Jim McGovern Excerpts
Wednesday 8th December 2010

(13 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Hilary Benn Portrait Hilary Benn
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We do indeed. One of the big problems that Members will face tomorrow is that we do not yet have a lot of the information, and a lot of the questions that have been asked have not yet been answered. How on earth is the House meant to make up its mind on a fundamental part of these proposals in the absence of all that?

Jim McGovern Portrait Jim McGovern (Dundee West) (Lab)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that the Liberal Democrats will never be knowingly understood? If we locked two Lib Dems in a room, we would get three political opinions coming out. Five hours is not nearly enough time to try to work out what the Lib Dems think.

Hilary Benn Portrait Hilary Benn
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I fear that even five days may leave us none the wiser as to the position of the Liberal Democrats, but we live in hope.