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I called for brief questions and answers. I want to get all members in and, if I do not get brief questions and answers, I will not get everyone in—that is just the way it is.
The situation is similar to what happens when you get change: if you give somebody a £5 note and you get £3 back, is that notionally three of the same pounds you gave them, or are those three £1 coins completely different from the £5 note?
As I said in my previous appearance before the committee, my aspiration is that we get it right first time in every instance, but I recognise that, realistically, that will not be the case, and that there will be times when we do not get it right.