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: Statement that Ministers can made statements to the House whenever they wish, and that the Speaker does not have the power to cut short a statement if she believes it does not deal with the subject in question

Statement that Ministers can made statements to the House whenever they wish, and that the Speaker does not have the power to cut short a statement if she believes it does not deal with the subject in question. In response to point of order by Tam Dalyell on the President of the Board of Trades statement on the Post Office.