Point of Order

Baroness Primarolo Excerpts

Thursday 15th September 2011 Commons Chamber

[Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)]

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On 30 June, I wrote to the Prime Minister about serious concerns I had about an answer he gave in Prime Minister’s questions about the protection of children from paedophiles under the Protection of Freedoms Bill. Three months on, I have not yet received a response and I wondered whether you could do anything to encourage the Prime Minister to respond to me, as the Bill will be before the House when we return in October.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)]

I am sure that the hon. Lady appreciates that that is not a matter for the Chair and is therefore not a point of order. Those on the Treasury Benches will have heard her comments and I am sure that the Prime Minister, like all Ministers, will want to give prompt replies to correspondence from Members of this House. If she wishes to take it further, she could go to the Table Office to find out how else she can ensure that she receives a prompt reply.

Royal Assent

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)]

Before we move to the main business, I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts:

Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011

Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011.