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I fully agree with my hon.

I agree. I could have taken this even further, but my point is that the Foreign Office dislikes any idea of debate and discussion.

I apologise for interrupting my right hon. Friend’s excellent speech.

I apologise for interrupting my right hon. Friend’s excellent speech.

It is, although I cannot follow my hon.

It is, although I cannot follow my hon.

I think the right hon. Gentleman makes my point.

I agree. I was not so certain about this, so I looked at what Lord Lisvane, the one-time chief Clerk in the House, said about it.

I enjoy the idea that my hon. Friend puts such trust in Government never to take other arrangements into consideration.

I will come to that in a minute, because it does not, and that is the whole point of the new clause.