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Business of the House

Of course, I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman is still in his place and still continuing his shadow role. I just hope that he has not been spending too many of the last 24 hours with his telephone. On the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, that is a matter for the Prime Minister, who will resolve it in good time. I am sorry that the hon. Gentleman, having whinged about not having a debate on police restructuring, is whingeing again now that we are having one. Clearly, whingeing is the current stance on the Conservative Front Bench, but I suppose that I should not be particularly surprised about that. I am sure that, in due course, we will have time to debate energy supplies and, indeed, trade justice issues. As the hon. Gentleman rightly says, important negotiations on trade justice issues are about to commence. I stand entirely by what I said in the interview to which the hon. Gentleman referred: I want to see the Conservative party continue as a strong Opposition for a very long time.