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The Tote

It is a pleasure to participate in this important debate, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Central (Mr. Caborn) on bringing it to Westminster Hall, although I was a little surprised when I saw that it was he who was presenting the debate, given his past ministerial involvement. However, I was pleased with the manner in which he presented his ideas. When such subjects arise, there is a tendency simply to pluck out an old speech, change the words around a little and reiterate the same points. It would be easy to do that today, so I am pleased that some ideas have been put forward which, hopefully, will push the wheels along. There has so far been a lack of change. It has been educational to learn a new phrase, ““new Labour tosh””, which I had not come across before. I am sure it will join the Government's lexicon.