Proceeding contribution from Edward Leigh (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament).

Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament)

It is not about us. It is not as though we were speaking about some cosy club in St. James's that we want to reserve for ourselves. It is about our constituents. It is their right and no one else's. For more than 1,000 years it has been the right of the entire people of the United Kingdom to send Members here. That is why, in my hon. Friend's words, the Chamber is not any old room. It is a sacred part of the constitution.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 489 c538
Session: 2008-09
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Democracy Education House of Lords House of Commons Politics and government Parliament Young people House of Commons chamber UK Youth Parliament
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Use of the Chamber (Youth Parliament)

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