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An admirable sentiment somewhat hobbled by an unfortunate choice of acronym:

Lord Rosser: In a previous debate in this Chamber on the probation service, I wished that the clocks around this Chamber did not say "0:10", which is longer than I should have been speaking, but instead said, "PANT", which stands for "people are not things". If there is anything at the heart of any of this review that I would like to see on the desks of Ministers it is those four letters. [Hansard]

At this time of seasonal goodwill, perhaps we should all resolve in future to have pants on our desk.