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I will give way one more time to the hon. Lady and give her a second bite of the cherry.

That is a matter for those on the Front Bench. I see members of the Conservative Whips Office in their place and I see my hon.

That is precisely right.

When I was a shadow Minister for many years, I found that some of the Labour Ministers I shadowed did the job I just described very well, an

Ms Nokes, you will not allow me to go into immense detail about Athenian democracy, although I did study ancient philosophy. The hon.

The Government’s mandate was for a more widespread reform of the House of Lords.

I did not mean to patronise the hon. Member for Bolton West (Phil Brickell).

Many of my newer parliamentary opponents—I would never say enemies, of course—wish to intervene.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that elections are accessibl

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what external bodies her Department consulted before calculatin