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	A House of Commons joke

jimbo1000

1-23-2009 6:24 PM

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jimbo1000 says:

The debate was to do with the way the government often tries to hide embarassing facts. well I thought it was funny.
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<A name="g974.0"></A><P class="speaker"><A title="See more information about Chris Bryant" href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?m=1779"><IMG alt="Photo of Chris Bryant" class="portrait" src="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/images/mps/10761.jpg" /><STRONG>Chris Bryant</STRONG></A> <SMALL>(Parliamentary Secretary, House of Commons; Rhondda, Labour) <A class="permalink" title="Copy this URL to link directly to this piece of text" href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2009-01-22a.974.0">Link to this</A> | <A title="Citation: HC Deb, 22 January 2009, c974" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090122/debtext/90122-0016.htm#09012244001183">Hansard source</A> | <A href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2009-01-22a.974.0">Watch this</A></SMALL></P><P pid="a.974.0/1">They are not spotty.</P>			</DIV> 
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<A name="g974.1"></A><P class="speaker"><A title="See more information about Norman Baker" href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?m=1680"><IMG alt="Photo of Norman Baker" class="portrait" src="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/images/mps/10022.jpg" /><STRONG>Norman Baker</STRONG></A> <SMALL>(Lewes, Liberal Democrat) <A class="permalink" title="Copy this URL to link directly to this piece of text" href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2009-01-22a.974.1">Link to this</A> | <A title="Citation: HC Deb, 22 January 2009, c974" href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmhansrd/cm090122/debtext/90122-0016.htm#09012244001184">Hansard source</A> | <A href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2009-01-22a.974.1">Watch this</A></SMALL></P><P pid="a.974.1/1">The <A class="glossary" title="Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of..." href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/glossary/?gl=35">Minister</A> says they are not spotty; presumably that means that they are indeed apparatchiks.</P></DIV></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/21FD76E6-FE46-426E-BF58-AE3458C2B7DC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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