Fixed Term Parliaments Bill

Part of Remaining Private Members' Bills – in the House of Commons at 2:15 pm on 19 October 2007.

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Photo of John Martin McDonnell John Martin McDonnell Labour, Hayes and Harlington 2:15, 19 October 2007

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Is there a way of recording that the trade union Rights and Freedoms Bill was objected to and opposed by the Government?

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