Part of Estimates Day – in the House of Commons at 5:30 pm on 3 July 2018.
It would be churlish not to mention it at this point in our proceedings, so I will mention that today represents a very special birthday for Stephen Pound, who is himself a distinguished alumnus of the Hertford Grammar School and other educational institutions. I predict only with modest confidence that, as he has now served 21 years in the House, he might have reached the mid-point of his parliamentary career.