Mr. Speaker, I thought you had a question for me, and I was ready to answer.
I have been in the House of Commons for 15 years. I was the party whip for 11 years. If anyone cares to look at the blues for that 11-year period, they will see that I used the word I used today many times, and it was never in violation of the Standing Orders before.
If I offended the Prime Minister, I withdraw the words “damned penny”.
Instead, these people will not have one red cent with which to pay their bills.