I appreciate that my hon. Friend is a coalition Minister and not a Conservative one; before we got into power, the Conservative party was against having programme motions.
Given that we have lost three hours or so to statements, would not a fair balance have been to have allowed us to go for three hours extra tonight? We have been away from this place for a long time; surely an extra three hours this evening would have been fair. That is what democracy is about—we are not trying to force things through. Let us have three hours extra tonight.
Protection of Freedoms Bill (Programme) (No. 3)
Proceeding contribution from
Peter Bone
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 10 October 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Protection of Freedoms Bill (Programme) (No. 3).
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