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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:23 pm on 6 March 1997.

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Photo of Mr Tony Newton Mr Tony Newton , Braintree 4:23, 6 March 1997

I acknowledge, not least as a former Minister in that area, the importance of the subject that my hon. Friend has raised, but I am bound to say that with the list of requests for debate that I have received in the past 20 minutes, it is not just the Standards and Privileges Committee that would be sitting during any recess.