Sheila Gilmore
Main Page: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)(10 years, 10 months ago)
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Vince Cable
The previous Government’s capitulation on their Bill was one of their less glorious episodes. We have maintained the best principles of that effort and have carried it one step further. We are now implementing it, and it has all the positive features described by my hon. Friend.
Sheila Gilmore (Edinburgh East) (Lab)
The emphasis that the Secretary of State has placed on what a future Labour Government would do in terms of privatisation suggests that the timing of this privatisation has as much to do with getting it through before the next general election as with getting the best price.
Vince Cable
I think the hon. Lady has a poor memory, although she might remember that this was the first major Bill that this Government introduced—a fact that I recall because I introduced it.