Recent Speeches and Appearances

I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add: “this House declines to give the Finance Bill a Sec

My hon. Friend makes an important and valid point.

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right.

Madam Deputy Speaker, I will of course be guided by you on that matter. On the hon.

As Chair of the Treasury Committee at the time, I had quite a lot to say about it, and I would point the hon.

I take it as a familiar mark of respect from the hon. Gentleman.

It is not a binary decision like that. The hon.

I will give way to the hon. Gentleman. Perhaps he is an example of somebody who has done just that.

My right hon. Friend makes a perceptive point, to which I will come momentarily, but first let me deal with VAT on private schools.