Jacob Rees-Mogg: ...that he who holds the Floor decides whether to give way, is it not also customary to answer questions when they are put in interventions? We are waiting for the right hon. Gentleman’s answer on Iraq.
Jacob Rees-Mogg: ...on a Thursday rather than consider public houses. This Thursday, there is also an important debate—undoubtedly, unquestioningly, indubitably—on the destruction of antiquities in Syria and Iraq—a very serious problem and one that many of us would be interested in, but I fear that the powers of the House in this respect are limited. The days of empire, when Mesopotamia was a British...
Jacob Rees-Mogg: ...on a Thursday rather than consider public houses. This Thursday, there is also an important debate—undoubtedly, unquestioningly, indubitably—on the destruction of antiquities in Syria and Iraq—a very serious problem and one that many of us would be interested in, but I fear that the powers of the House in this respect are limited. The days of empire, when Mesopotamia was a British...
Jacob Rees-Mogg: ...that they often fall on the side of the establishment. Lord Hutton was the supreme example of that a few years ago when he produced a most extraordinary whitewash of all that had gone on over the Iraq affair. I therefore do not believe it is right or wise to use the argument of convenience, which could be used to abolish juries in every trial in the land for all time.
