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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:15 pm on 14 November 1996.

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Photo of Mr Derek Fatchett Mr Derek Fatchett , Leeds Central 9:15, 14 November 1996

I apologise for intervening once again, but it is an important point. My right hon. Friend the Member for Livingston (Mr. Cook) and, indeed, my hon. Friends who spoke earlier, were not trying to apportion blame. The issue that was being raised was what the Government's contingency plans would be if anything went wrong with the Patten through train. That is the situation that we now face. What worries me, in the context of the debate, is that the Minister seems to be working on the tactic that if he talks for longer, events will not catch up with us. They will.