Part of Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:15 am on 22 May 2024.
Alexander Stafford
Conservative, Rother Valley
10:15,
22 May 2024
As we are giving thanks, I also thank my hon. Friend for leading this Bill. He is an assiduous Member of Parliament for Peterborough; in fact, he is the Member of Parliament for my mother and father-in-law. He is a great MP and the people of Peterborough are lucky to have him.
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