1.43pm GMT Labour's Alison McGovern asks Lamb to bring a statement to the Commons on the government's policy on competition in the NHS.
It brought a quick statement of congratulations from President Barack Obama, who last year professed having "evolved" to becoming a supporter of gay marriage.
This week brought a new statement specifically by American Jews rejecting the Gaza invasion and the premises of Israel's strategy toward the Palestinians.
The looming MLB punishments have led teams to prepare for the worst and have even brought a public statement of support for Alex Rodriguez from his former New York Yankees teammate Roger Clemens, who himself was engulfed in a drug scandal.
Last April, when the nation's Roman Catholic cardinals traveled to Rome and brought home a statement from Pope John Paul II condemning the sexual abuse of minors by priests, some church leaders expected that his words would calm the growing anger among the church's laypeople.
"The committee took this decision after determining that the Iriff [the Iranian federation] was not adhering to the principles of the Fifa statutes regarding the independence of member associations, the independence of the decision-making process of the football governing body in each country and the way in which changes in the leadership of associations are brought about," a statement said.
"I have never seen a single gay and none have ever brought me a statement, or even a verbal complaint.
My current observations of the economic discrepancies that exist in our nation, also brought back a statement posed to me by a well-educated and well-spoken southern African dignitary in 2006.
"Imagine if, before you traveled somewhere, you had to fly to another city to get permission to get a document, wait in line for hours, bring a financial statement of your net worth and everything you own, pay $100, wait a month, and then get a yes or no, with no explanation why," he said.
