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: Ruling that 'Erskine May makes clear it is a long established principle that decisions on the transfer of questions rest with Ministers, not the Chair

Ruling that 'Erskine May makes clear it is a long established principle that decisions on the transfer of questions rest with Ministers, not the Chair. However, the Speaker does expect Departments to act promptly in transferring questions. Successive Speakers have said that it is a discourtesy if transfers are not notified within two sitting days of the first appearance of the notice. In this case the practice has been breached by a very wide margin' in response to point of order from Mr Russell relating to transfer of oral questions from the Treasury after eleven days.