Standing Orders (Public Business)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:56 pm on 22 October 2015.

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Photo of Michelle Donelan Michelle Donelan Conservative, Chippenham 2:56, 22 October 2015

It is surely also right to ensure that we give a fair deal to the English, including my constituents. As Chesterton famously wrote:

“Smile at us, pay us, pass us; but do not quite forget,

For we are the people of England, that never have spoken yet.”

Now is the time that the English speak.