But he said he was hopeful Ms Barnes could "knock headstogether" in order to get the police and NHS to work together to provide better facilities for rape and sexual assault victims.
The Transport Committee has its last session on the traffic management inquiry (how do you knock utility company headstogether to limit holes in the road and curb congestion without road pricing etc...).
Mrs Clinton also wants to knock opposition and government headstogether, to reach a modicum of unity over the war against the Taliban and relations with America.