All 2 Debates between Margaret Beckett and Lindsay Hoyle

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Debate between Margaret Beckett and Lindsay Hoyle
Thursday 14th December 2023

(3 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Margaret Beckett Portrait Margaret Beckett (Derby South) (Lab)
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10. What steps he has taken to support rail manufacturing at Alstom in Derby.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Margaret Beckett is not here. Will the Secretary of State answer the question as though she were, so that I can call the shadow Minister?

The Economy and Living Standards

Debate between Margaret Beckett and Lindsay Hoyle
Thursday 12th June 2014

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Margaret Beckett Portrait Margaret Beckett
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I have heard that argument in the House so many times. Indeed, the Chancellor used it today. However, there is a bit that I have missed: the bit where the right hon. Gentleman explained how the last Government also brought about the crashes in the United States and Japan, and in Spain and Italy and throughout the European Union. I am looking forward to hearing him give that explanation.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
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Order. We need short interventions, and, in fairness, Members should not bait others who have just spoken. I do not think that that helps to ensure that everyone else will have a chance to speak.