[2nd Allocated Day]

I am delighted to have a chance to speak in the debate. It is tempting to respond to all the comments made by the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Nadine Dorries), but I shall avoid doing so. Instead, I shall make just two points. First, let me quote something that was said by the right hon. Member for Bristol South (Dawn Primarolo) before she became Deputy Speaker. She said of the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire:"““The hon. Lady has asserted many things to be facts that are not… Some of the things that she is saying are not borne out by the evidence.””—[Official Report, 20 May 2008; Vol. 476, c. 263.]" I think that that is extremely true.