Highlight of the week

"The highlight was the Jenkins Report. What a dramatic step forward - people used to laugh at Liberal Democrats for talking about constitutional reform, but now I've actually had a conversation in the street with a member of the public on the subject!

Jenkins: His report on voting reform is a dramatic step forward

"I don't know if that means politicians have become more interesting or the public has become more dull."

Winner of the week

"I think Prime Minister's Questions was a score-draw this week. William Hague wasn't bad, but Tony Blair managed to evade the trickiest parts of the exchange, particularly sitting on the fence a a little bit on proportional representation.

"There were a couple of moments when I thought some of the backbenchers would really steam ahead and win the day. They started off well, but then their comments faded away into sycophancy."

Loser of the week

Davies: The man who delivered devolution for Wales

"Ron Davies has had a terrible week. I'm personally sad to see him go - he was a good Secretary of State for Wales. But it sounds to me that in his judgement - and, I assume, in the prime minister's - there was no alternative.

"I think he's got a lot of friends and whatever happens, Ron Davies will always be known as the man who delivered devolution through the Houses of Parliament."

Quote of the week

"Charles Kennedy, during the Commons debate called by the Liberal Democrats on farming and food. Referring to the lack of Tory MPs in the chamber, he said: 'One wonders why they are not on a three-line whip and joining us in trying to put the government under constructive pressure. They cannot all be having tea with General Pinochet.'

"I suspect some people are regarding Pinochet as a Thatcher substitute."

How many times have you been in the Commons chamber this week?

"I know that spent 168 minutes exactly in there on Monday because I was there from the beginning to the end of the farming and food debate. Loyalty to my constituency demanded it.