"A slight hitch held up the appearance of the consultation document for greater access to the countryside" -- David Kidney MP on Labour's concession to large landowners removing the compulsory element in the right to roam.
"Because of the incredible pace of the process, when I arrived in Westminster with no desk and no office to find stacks of correspondence waiting for me on local subjects that I knew nothing about, it was very traumatic" -- Alan Johnson MP, after being elected.
"There are many reasons why we were elected on 1st May, Alistair (sic) Campbell is one of them. He is doing the job he was appointed to do and doing it very well" -- Letter to the Guardian by Siobhain McDonagh MP, Caroline Flint MP, Joan Ryan MP, Rosie Winterton MP, Jacqui Smith MP on April Fools Day.
"All we are saying is give peace a chance" -- The Unionist, Magazine of the Ulster Unionist Party, GB Office.
"Michael Heseltine had some good ideas..." -- Margaret Beckett MP, President of the Board of Trade.
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