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Legislative Programme and Budget Statement (Wales)

The right hon. Gentleman seems to regard it as an appalling thing that the Secretary of State should represent an English seat. First, she happens to be a Member of this Parliament and, the last time I looked, the Labour party was a Unionist party and should therefore have no objection to that. Secondly, she happens to be Welsh bred and raised, and has the enormous advantage of having been born in the northern hemisphere. If one is minded to make personal remarks, they could operate in both directions, but of course I will refrain from doing that. The Labour party was today given the opportunity to ask questions of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.