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Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill [Lords]

If the hon. Lady will forgive me, I will come to her point as I make my way through my remarks. I agree with the hon. Member for Wealden (Charles Hendry) that this has been a particularly interesting debate. We heard a series of important contributions, not least from the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash), from my hon. Friends the Members for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Andrew Miller), for Stafford (Mr. Kidney), for Amber Valley (Judy Mallaber), and for East Lothian (Anne Moffat), and from the hon. Members for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard), for Beverley and Holderness (Mr. Stuart) and for Wellingborough (Mr. Bone), as well as from the hon. Members for Brent, East (Sarah Teather) and for Huntingdon (Mr. Djanogly). The hon. Member for Stone was, characteristically, first to intervene from the Back Benches. As I have said on other occasions, I have long thought that he deserved greater recognition from within his own party, and perhaps a spell on the Front Bench would suit him well.