Immigration Bill (Ninth sitting) Debate

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Department: Home Office
Tuesday 3rd November 2015

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Public Bill Committees
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Anne McLaughlin Portrait Anne McLaughlin
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Do you want me to sit down and take interventions? I think that we have hit a sore spot, because the Minister is well aware that the measures will have a significant impact on—

Simon Hoare Portrait Simon Hoare (North Dorset) (Con)
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Will the hon. Lady give way?

Anne McLaughlin Portrait Anne McLaughlin
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I have not even finished my sentence, but okay.

Simon Hoare Portrait Simon Hoare
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It might help to know that we on the Government side see my right hon. Friend as a swan gracefully gliding over the surface of the legislative lake: paddling energetically underneath, but always maintaining a calm veneer.

Anne McLaughlin Portrait Anne McLaughlin
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I think the swan wanted me to give way to him as well.