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European Commission

Before he goes to his next meeting, I congratulate the hon. Member for Luton, North (Kelvin Hopkins). He spoke for nearly half an hour. I did not agree with much of what he said and he did not really speak about the paper before us, the annual policy strategy for 2009—[Interruption.] In that, he was very like the right hon. Member for Rotherham (Mr. MacShane), who made a fantastic speech, most of which I agreed with. It elucidated many issues. He did at least make some reference to the APS for 2009, so perhaps he does not deserve so much criticism.