Identity Cards Bill
10:30 am
Edward Garnier (Shadow Minister, (Assisted By Shadow Law Officers); Harborough, Conservative)
The hon. Member for Glasgow, Anniesland and I shared a bedroom in Basra. He proved himself a highly accomplished member of the armed forces parliamentary scheme, and I admired his performance during our time there. I trust that I shall be able to be equally complimentary about his performance in our Committee’s deliberations over the next two weeks.
I welcome the Minister to the Committee. He used to be the aviation Minister at the Department for Transport, and I was in regular contact with him—both speaking to him across the Chamber when the opportunity arose and corresponding with him—to try to get across my concerns about the activities of Nottingham East Midlands airport. He thought he had escaped me when he moved to the Home Office, but, under the new dispensation following the election, I was moved to a new post, so here I am, ready to talk to him again.