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Business of the House

I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for raising the matter. My distinguished predecessor, Frank Haynes, was a Bevin boy. He came from London to Ashfield as a miner and served that community extraordinarily well, both in the war years and, of course, as a long-standing Member of the House. The issue is not something that I need reminding about, and I share my hon. Friend’s ambition of finding an appropriate way of recognising the Bevin boys’ contribution.