European Union (Referendum) Bill
Debate between Peter Bottomley and John Denham(10 years, 9 months ago)
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Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con)
The right hon. Gentleman may have observed that the Conservative Back Benches are full of volunteers supporting their leader. Has he noticed that there are fewer than 25 Labour MPs here and no leader?
Mr Denham
As I will explain to the hon. Gentleman and the House, the reason for that is that this is a Bill about the private problems and the private political difficulties of the Conservative party, so it is not surprising that so many Conservative Members are here today. These matters do not really affect the rest of us very much, except for—I will come to this—the damage that is being done by the antics within the Conservative party to the interests of this country.
Ministerial Code (Culture Secretary)
Debate between Peter Bottomley and John Denham(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Sir Peter Bottomley (Worthing West) (Con)
On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. When an hon. or right hon. Member starts a sentence with “Any honest” something or other, we are getting close to the time when we need to be careful.