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Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, I am only too aware that many people want to speak; your colleague Madam Deputy Speaker brought that fact to our attention. I think that it was very wrong that today on Report there were only two speeches. No one on the Labour Back Benches was invited to speak, although earlier in the week the Speaker had ruled, in answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick), that voices from all parts of the House would be heard. Nor, indeed, was a single Opposition Back Bencher called to speak.