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I will do my best, Mr. Hancock. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. I hope that we will not be interrupted by a vote, but I slightly fear that we might. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Wigan (Mr. Turner) on securing the debate and for his magnificent contribution. He is like a shaggy bearded lion of the rugby league world, and is ably assisted in his exhortations by his hon. Friends from the rest of the north-west.