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Julian Brazier: ...to be affiliated to 614 Volunteer Gliding Squadron (VGS) . I refer the hon. Member to the Answer I gave on 18 April 2016 to oral Question 904503 to the hon. Member for Southend West (Sir David Amess). 904503 - Topical question on Gliders (Word Document, 14.01 KB)
Julian Brazier: I should like to place on record my thanks to you, Mr. Amess, for your hard work in chairing the Committee and to the hon. Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) who chaired an earlier sitting. I particularly thank the Clerk, Mr. Harrison, who has performed his role outstandingly, and the Hansard reporters who have worked so hard while we have shovelled paper at them. I want to...
Julian Brazier: On a point of order, Mr. Amess. There are many confused faces. Clause 6 would have been necessary only had we kept provisions that we agreed to remove. There is no money involved in the rest of the Bill.
Julian Brazier: Indeed. I understand, Mr. Amess, that your co-Chairman is an enthusiastic supporter of a rugby league club, so far be it from me to ignore them.
Julian Brazier: Welcome back to the Chair, Mr. Amess. I set out all the relevant arguments earlier, but I should just add that more and more voluntary organisations now feel bound to get insurance. Given that a lady who injured herself on a dance floor that was treated with non-stick material is currently suing the organisation involved, the certificates might in a sense offer a way of getting insurance...
Julian Brazier: I do not want to try your patience, Mr. Amess, as some of us did a couple of hours ago. Broadly speaking, I think that there is a wider issue, but it has huge ramifications. I thought that I was being a bit bold, in the ''Yes, Minister'' sense of the word, in taking on this issue at all, but to broaden it to cover the whole litigation culture would have been very bold, to use Sir Humphrey's words.
Julian Brazier: On a point of order, Mr. Amess. It might help the Committee if I tell the Minister that I am delighted to take on board the next two small drafting amendments. If she feels able to speak briefly on them, we can move on to the main group of amendments.
Julian Brazier: ...on clauses 1 and 2 because I have received a huge number of letters, messages and testimonies of support for this Bill that focus on that single feature. I do not want to try your patience, Mr. Amess, by going back to the earlier debate, but suffice it to say that this morning, representatives from the Campaign for Adventure, which represents the guides, scouts and a whole mass of other...
Julian Brazier: ...completed at this day's sitting, the Committee do meet next Wednesday at 9.30 am and thereafter on Wednesdays at 9.30 am and 2.30 pm It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Amess. I have served on many Committees with you, but never before under your chairmanship. I thank all hon. Members who have volunteered to serve on the Committee. I thank my supporters in all...
Julian Brazier: Indeed, Mr. Amess. In fact, I was just drawing my remarks to a close. I wanted to give that quote because I thought that it summarised what we are all about. I hope that we will finish our deliberations next Wednesday morning. If we finish them in satisfactory fashion, the Minister will not require the money resolution to be dealt with in the afternoon, but if we are still running on, we...
Julian Brazier: ...number of hon. Members on the Government and Opposition Benches who have chosen to support this debate. It shows the degree of interest in the subject. My hon. Friend the Member for Basildon (Mr. Amess) is here, and the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith) and the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Mrs. Golding) are also present, as well as my hon. Friend the Member for...