Mersey Tunnels Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:43 pm on 23 October 2002.

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Photo of Stephen Hesford Stephen Hesford Labour, Wirral West 7:43, 23 October 2002

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. There can be a revival motion in the following Session, and that is better than the motion before us. No matter how many mistakes the Bill's promoters make or how many further opportunities to further the Bill they fluff, they carry on in what psychologists might describe as a dissociative state in their approach to legislation. They seem to be stuck in their own tunnel—one from which they cannot get out.

The motion raises a constitutional issue for my constituents. You, Mr. Deputy Speaker, would rule me out of order if I rehashed the debate on Second Reading.