Sir Patrick Cormack FSA

Conservative Party | Staffordshire South

Question on Third Sector

Sir Patrick Cormack (South Staffordshire) (Con): As the Secretary of State has rightly paid tribute to the Samaritans and other voluntary organisations, can he please drop this ghastly jargon of “third sector”?

Edward Miliband: I know that some hon. Members and people outside the House feel strongly about this matter. I assure the hon. Gentleman that I did not invent the term, which is used by the sector itself. Debate about it will no doubt continue.