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It is a great honour to follow the hon. Member for Kingswood (Roger Berry). He is always worth listening to, but he was particularly worth listening to tonight. I am sorry that he was unable to continue longer because of the time limit. I agreed with him about the desperate...

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Peter Bone (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 January 2009
Reference
487 c232-4
House
House of Commons

Thank you, Madam Speaker. What the hon. Member for Dumfries and Galloway (Mr. Brown) states is not the case at all. The right hon. Member for Birkenhead argued that we should reject the Bill tonight because it is in the wrong form.

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Peter Bone (Conservative)
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Date
27 January 2009
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487 c234
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House of Commons

As usual, I agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman. That is the advantage of what the Government are doing and the hon. Member for Aberdeen, South (Miss Begg) made that point very well. I appreciate that there are others who want to speak, but I shall finish with this point....

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Peter Bone (Conservative)
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Proceeding contributions
Date
27 January 2009
Reference
487 c234
House
House of Commons

I am listening to the hon. Gentleman's speech with interest, but does he not think that times have changed in the past 12 months? Unemployment in his constituency has risen by 94 per cent. in the past year, so we are talking about times that are different from what they...

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Peter Bone (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 January 2009
Reference
487 c246-7
House
House of Commons

If I follow the hon. Gentleman's logic, I have to ask why unemployment in his constituency is higher now than in 1997.

Member
Peter Bone (Conservative)
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Proceeding contributions
Date
27 January 2009
Reference
487 c252
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House of Commons

Will the Secretary of State reconsider something he said a moment ago? Employing expensive accountants to get right figures seems to me to be the way forward. Anyone who is self-employed does not want wrong figures. I hope the right hon. Gentleman is not implying that the accountancy profession is...

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Peter Bone (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
27 January 2009
Reference
487 c184
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House of Commons