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Debate on Wednesday, 7 April 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Harman. The answering member was Lord Young of Cookham.

Business of the House

Debate on business motions relating to the sittings on 7 and 8 April. Motion for closure of debate agreed on division (238 to 36). Main question agreed on division (314 to 49).

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
508 c975-1004 
Session
2009-10
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Procedure
Business motions
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Evan Harris | 508 c991 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree. I want to say a word about my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridge (David Howar...
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Evan Harris | 508 c991-2 (Link to this contribution) —And "University Challenge", and probably some second-rate league tables, all give my hon. Friend th...
William Cash | 508 c992 (Link to this contribution) I am sure the hon. Gentleman is right on that point—within the House. The problem is that this is a ...
Evan Harris | 508 c992 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and that was going to be my final point. I do not think the media at large understand how criti...
Speaker | 508 c992 (Link to this contribution) Order. I say to the hon. Gentleman, don't spoil it. We have had a good relationship over the years. ...
Evan Harris | 508 c992 (Link to this contribution) I was making the point that the business motion does not cover the Standing Orders that would delive...
Shailesh Vara | 508 c992 (Link to this contribution) We made our position on the Standing Orders absolutely clear during our negotiations with the Govern...
Evan Harris | 508 c993 (Link to this contribution) Of course I accept what the hon. Gentleman says at face value, but I regret that his position in the...
Tony Wright | 508 c993-4 (Link to this contribution) Until a few minutes ago, I had not intended to say anything about the motion. I was certainly taking...
Evan Harris | 508 c988-9 (Link to this contribution) Following on from what the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) just said, the treatment of the Digital ...
William Cash | 508 c989 (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the hon. Gentleman uses the word toxic. I could not agree more—the words toxic and be...
Speaker | 508 c987 (Link to this contribution) Order. If I were a student at a tutorial being conducted by the hon. Gentleman, I would no doubt fin...
William Cash | 508 c987-8 (Link to this contribution) I am extremely glad that you have made that point, Mr. Speaker, because I was just beginning my pero...
Evan Harris | 508 c989-91 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to be led— ... I agree, Mr. Speaker. I was not about to be led. I was not going to tr...
Speaker | 508 c991 (Link to this contribution) Order. It may also be inadvertence on the hon. Gentleman's part that he is saying something that has...
Speaker | 508 c989 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I just say, before the hon. Member for Oxford, West and Abingdon (Dr. Harris) develops hi...
Peter Soulsby | 508 c991 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the time that has been spent on debating the absence of the Stand...
Evan Harris | 508 c991 (Link to this contribution) I did not think I would get through the debate without being warned and of course I accept your ruli...
Evan Harris | 508 c983 (Link to this contribution) Is there not something particularly special about this? In this case, the House spoke and the House ...
David Howarth | 508 c983-4 (Link to this contribution) I cannot think of an example of that. I can think of examples of Governments completely losing their...
William Cash | 508 c984-5 (Link to this contribution) The problem that has been presented by the hon. Member for Cambridge (David Howarth) has been allude...
Speaker | 508 c985 (Link to this contribution) Order. Let me say to the hon. Gentleman that his historical ruminations are endlessly fascinating an...
David Howarth | 508 c982 (Link to this contribution) I too am extremely disappointed that the Government have chosen not to allocate time for the complet...
Martin Salter | 508 c982-3 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that it is risible to hold the notion that the dewy-eyed political...
David Howarth | 508 c983 (Link to this contribution) It is important that we do what we can now. Parliaments have nicknames—the Long Parliament, the Shor...
Baroness Keeley | 508 c986 (Link to this contribution) I think I am being misquoted, Mr. Speaker. I said that I was not going to pre-empt the debate.
William Cash | 508 c985-6 (Link to this contribution) It is against that background, because it is important that we get the landscape right, historically...
Tony Wright | 508 c980 (Link to this contribution) I understand that this is not a difficulty of my right hon. and learned Friend's making and that she...
Baroness Harman | 508 c980 (Link to this contribution) No, I am not going to give way, because I have set out my view.
Martin Salter | 508 c979 (Link to this contribution) Can the Leader of the House explain why we can find time to deal with two private Members' Bills and...
Baroness Harman | 508 c979 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is one of the Members who have done so much to move the view of the House forward and...
Lord Young of Cookham | 508 c981-2 (Link to this contribution) I have a peroration that, if the hon. Gentleman can contain himself, will give him the answer to his...
Robert Smith | 508 c981 (Link to this contribution) I was not implying that but genuinely seeking to learn from the Leader of the House, as it was a two...
Lord Young of Cookham | 508 c980-1 (Link to this contribution) May I endorse what the right hon. and learned Lady said in her concluding remarks and thank all thos...
Baroness Harman | 508 c980 (Link to this contribution) If the objections are being withdrawn, as my hon. Friend has said, I would very much welcome that. A...
David Howarth | 508 c998 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. In light of the revelations by the hon. Member for Cannock ...
Christopher Chope | 508 c997-8 (Link to this contribution) There is obviously going to be a Division. I know that at least two more Liberal Democrat Members wa...
Christopher Chope | 508 c997 (Link to this contribution) As we are in the business of breaking conventions, perhaps the Chief Whip would like to participate ...
William Cash | 508 c997 (Link to this contribution) The Chief Whip has just come in.
William Cash | 508 c997 (Link to this contribution) Has my hon. Friend noticed that there is a certain buzzing among the Whips? The hornets' nest is now...
Christopher Chope | 508 c996 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The sad thing is that, as was said at the beginning of the...
Lord Redwood | 508 c996 (Link to this contribution) We have living proof of the need for the motion in the shambles giving no time for proper considerat...
Christopher Chope | 508 c996-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is sad that not more Members are present, but that is probabl...
William Cash | 508 c996 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend recall the number of people—if not the precise number, certainly the volume—who ...
Martin Salter | 508 c995 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his patience. Does he agree that we would not even have to go that fa...
Christopher Chope | 508 c995-6 (Link to this contribution) That intervention conveniently brings me to a proposition that I was going to make. The Leader of th...
Speaker | 508 c995 (Link to this contribution) Order. I assure the hon. Gentleman that there will be no unseemly bun fight while I am in the Chair....
Christopher Chope | 508 c995 (Link to this contribution) If there is a Division, I shall certainly be in the No Lobby, and I hope that all those who want to ...
Martin Salter | 508 c995 (Link to this contribution) Given the appalling collusion that appears to have taken place—my hon. Friend the Member for Cannock...
Christopher Chope | 508 c995 (Link to this contribution) Exactly. That is why we are all suspicious about what is to happen. I listened carefully to what my...
Robert Smith | 508 c995 (Link to this contribution) Is it not important to reinforce the point that it should be this House that finishes the business, ...
Christopher Chope | 508 c994-5 (Link to this contribution) I will not be tempted into attacking the character and integrity of the Leader of the House, but I a...
Speaker | 508 c994 (Link to this contribution) Order. In putting his point to the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Chope), the hon. Member for Sto...
William Cash | 508 c994 (Link to this contribution) I was not able to follow this up subsequent to my point of order, but I put it to my hon. Friend tha...
Christopher Chope | 508 c994 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Cannock Chase (Dr. Wright) has made a fascinating contribution. I hope that ever...
Speaker | 508 c994 (Link to this contribution) That is not a matter on which I can rule; it is not for me to advise the hon. Gentleman.
William Cash | 508 c994 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. In the context of what has been said by the very distinguis...
Baroness Harman | 508 c977 (Link to this contribution) I do not oppose it; I support it, as I have made clear. I do not want to take time away from any of...
Baroness Harman | 508 c975-7 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That the following provisions shall have effect—""Sittings on 7 and 8 April: general ...
Robert Smith | 508 c977 (Link to this contribution) I note that one piece of unfinished business has not been included in the motion. Can the Leader of ...
Baroness Harman | 508 c977 (Link to this contribution) As I have explained, during the remaining two days of business we must deal with 13 Bills and one st...
Baroness Harman | 508 c977 (Link to this contribution) I am still replying to the question asked by the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (...
Speaker | 508 c978 (Link to this contribution) Order. Just before the Leader of the House responds, may I say that I am sure that the hon. Member f...
Evan Harris | 508 c978 (Link to this contribution) The terms of the motion, which the Leader of the House actually voted against, provided for this cha...
Baroness Harman | 508 c978 (Link to this contribution) I will give way, but I am almost certain that I have answered the point and this is just a question ...
Evan Harris | 508 c978 (Link to this contribution) Will the Leader of the House give way?
Baroness Harman | 508 c978 (Link to this contribution) I am still replying to the question, although my answer may seem rather extensive. Following the su...
Baroness Harman | 508 c979 (Link to this contribution) Okay, I will give way to my hon. Friend.
Baroness Harman | 508 c979 (Link to this contribution) No, I am not going to give way, because I have just got to discuss tomorrow's business.
Baroness Harman | 508 c979 (Link to this contribution) I am not, either inadvertently or in a calculated way, trying to mislead the House, nor did I misspe...
William Cash | 508 c986-7 (Link to this contribution) Yes, well, it comes to much the same thing. Let us not split hairs. The important question is about ...
Baroness Harman | 508 c980 (Link to this contribution) I shall give way to my hon. Friend.
Speaker | 508 c1000 (Link to this contribution) I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the No Lobby.
Speaker | 508 c998 (Link to this contribution) Order. In the circumstances, I am afraid that, at this stage, I am not prepared to accept a manuscri...
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