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Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation — Amendment of the law (22 Apr 2009): Alan Simpson: ...whether the Chancellor would open his Budget statement with reference to words used by someone else. I could have pictured him opening with the following remark: "I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government: 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.'" I would not have begrudged him if he had gone on to include the following words: "We have...
Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005): Alan Simpson: I do not have any problems with identity cards. I have several of them. I have a passport, a driving licence, a bank card, a credit card, a supermarket loyalty card, an NHS card and probably several others that I have forgotten about. None of these is perfect and secure and we all have our horror stories about what happens when they get stolen, go missing or get misused. But we continue to...
International Terrorism (4 Oct 2001): Mr Alan Simpson: ...the world has dealt with events following the awesome and tragic destruction of life in America on 11 September. He should be given credit for the restraint that has been built into how we now identify both the scale and nature of the threat, and the way in which we are beginning to talk about it. He needs to be congratulated on the sense of solidarity to which he has contributed in...

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