Minister
calls for “Congleton Day” in Parliament
In
the House of Commons last week, James Duddridge MP, Parliamentary Under
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, humourously called for
the 5th May to be renamed “Congleton Day” because of the number of
times the Congleton Constituency MP was on the Order Paper (the name for the
Parliamentary Agenda) for the day.
Speaking in a debate on
Human Rights in Burundi called by Fiona Bruce he said
“Before starting on the
substance of this very important debate, may I pay enormous tribute to my hon.
Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce)? We should name today Congleton
day. Looking at the Order Paper, I can see that my hon. Friend had questions
for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and for the Church
Commissioners. I cannot see on the Order Paper whether she raised anything in business
questions—hopefully, at that point she had a short break before having debates
on faith organisations and Burundi. It should be Congleton day from 5 May to
celebrate this active and effective campaign. I look forward to receiving a
copy of her local paper with that quote in next week.”
On 5th
May Fiona Bruce spoke 20 times in the Chamber of the House of Commons!
