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John Prescott is Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997–2007). Explore interesting quotes on public.

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“This was released I think in February and so it is a great deal of fuss being made, it hasn't in fact been given public release, it was released in February …”

John Prescott

As quoted in "Prescott triumphs on slippery slopes of syntax" by Simon Hoggart (10 June 2004); Hansard http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040609/debtext/40609-03.htm#40609-03_sbhd3 rendered this as "The document was released in February. A great deal of fuss was made that it had not been given a public release, but it was released in February."

“I will have failed in this if in five years there are not many more people using public transport and far fewer journeys by car. It is a tall order but I want you to hold me to it.”

John Prescott

As quoted in "Prescott points buses to fast lane" by Paul Brown, in The Guardian (6 June 1997), p. 10.

“It is a fact that homelessness has continued to rise. It doubled under the previous Administration, but that does not help us. The Government intend to reduce — and probably eliminate — the homeless by 2008. [Interruption. ] I am sorry, but the House knows that I have problems with English. I did not go to public school, so there is a limit to what I am able to say. Opposition Members can be such twits. We believe that we can eliminate the problem of homelessness by providing more resources, which is precisely what we are doing.”

John Prescott

Speech in the House of Commons (13 July 2004); Hansard http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/cm040713/debtext/40713-09.htm#40713-09_spmin2, House of Commons, 6th Series, vol. 423, col. 1268