It is absolutely preposterous, and I hope that we manage to defeat the Government on this. My hon. Friend is slightly wrong in that there was one other candidate: the UK Independence party candidate. Bizarrely, he was the only one of the five candidates who did not manage to get a seat—absolutely shocking.
Debate on the Address
Proceeding contribution from
Chris Bryant
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 8 May 2013.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Debate on the Address.
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