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Proceeding contribution from Steve Double (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 16 October 2019. It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Public Services.

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion). I have great respect for her and for her work to speak up for some of the most vulnerable people not only in her constituency but across the country.

I rise to speak very much in favour of this Queen’s Speech. I have been listening closely to the debate, and I am slightly puzzled by some Opposition Members’ complaining as though this Queen’s Speech is, somehow, a pre-election announcement from the Government when, of course, they could have stopped that happening. They twice had the opportunity to vote for an election, and we would then not have had a Queen’s Speech until after that election. I am still puzzled by why they did not take that opportunity.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
666 c354 
Session
2019-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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