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The Tote

Owing to the shortage of time, I shall come straight to that. The right hon. Gentleman put forward an interesting proposition. The first reaction ought to come from the industry. It is a shame that we did not have an advance copy of the statement that he made today, so that we could have provided more of a reaction. Clearly, I cannot comment now. It is for the Minister, not the Opposition, to comment first. I mentioned that the right hon. Gentleman was very humble, but he also said that we are where we are, which was an appalling excuse for what happened. As much as I like him—he is an amicable character—he was in the job for six years.