I am grateful to my hon. Friend for intervening in such a friendly way.

Of course, I will give way to the hon. Gentleman, as he was so generous in giving way to me.

I always look for points of agreement, rather than points of disagreement.

I thank my hon. Friend for that important intervention. I was going to come on to that, but I will deal with it now.

I always look for points of agreement, rather than points of disagreement.

I thank the hon. Lady for clarifying that point.

I am grateful to the hon. Lady, as she has managed to put the point that I was trying to make more clearly than I was able to.

I will always be grateful to the hon. Gentleman for opening doors for me.

I thank the hon. Lady for clarifying that point.

I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman; he held the door open for me earlier this week, and has done so again verbally today.