I've been spending a lot time on Parliamentary Committees and other work outside the Commons Chamber over the last few days, so I was quite keen to get into Question Time today. I was no.7 on the list for Scottish Questions, and made the point that there were many people in my constituency who worked in banks and financial services, some of whom were now losing their jobs and many more were frightened of doing so - and unlike some prominent bankers, they didn't have big bonuses or massive pensions. I am glad to say that Scotish Secretary Jim Murphy recognised this in his answer.
I tried a few minutes later to get into Prime Minister's Questions, but this time as I wasn't on the list of MPs who had been drawn from the ballot, I wasn't too surprised not to have got in. I had wanted to say something about the announcement from Gordon Brown yesterday about banning unsolicited 'credit card cheques' - it's something I've been calling for some time in my work as Chair of the All Party Group on Debt and Personal Finance, and in fact had called on the Prime Minister to do this only a few weeks ago! I won't claim all the credit! - but it's good to see issues raised like this getting a result.
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