That is more important than the rather footling argument that has been developed on the questions that we are debating today.
That was a measure of such footling triviality as to be more an insult than a concession to the elderly.
Footling about with attendance allowances and other allowances is hardly the way to do it unless these allowances are very generous.
It seems to me at the moment that many of these increases are perfectly footling and quite unjustifiable in any real social terms.
We are hampered by petty and footling restrictions.
It is a footling, pointless treaty, and it was the outcome of a footling, pointless summit that achieved no agreement.
This embarrassment has only been surpassed in duration by major procrastination, punctuated with the introduction of footling measures.
Today the security case for moving has become a footling one, but the economic and financial case against moving has become a powerful one.