They talk in feet. Column 562 charged for it by the foot and not by the metre. Indeed, although the Government seem obsessed with talking in kilometres in relation to the exclusion zones for foot and mouth, they really mean miles. He rightly wants to buy a Christmas tree measured in feet. If he were to do the environmentally friendly thing and, for two consecutive Christmases, he bought trees with roots and planted them in his garden, they might constitute a hedge.
Friend is absolutely right.
Because I am an environmentally friendly member of the public, I make it my practice normally to buy Christmas trees with roots, so that I can replant them after Christmas. If anyone wishes to visit my garden, he will be able to see successfully replanted Christmas trees. As my hon. After nearly 50 minutes of my hon. Friend's speech, we have now heard that he had an interest to declare at the outset.