Lord Coaker
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Vernon Coaker (Gedling) (Lab)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I ask the Secretary of State—[Interruption.] May I ask you, Madam Deputy Speaker—
Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing)
Order. If the hon. Gentleman is making a point of order, it has to be just that. It cannot be a question to a Minister, and I cannot answer questions on behalf of the Minister.
Vernon Coaker
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Would it not have been appropriate for the Secretary of State to make available to the House before the statement a document that broke down some of the numbers relating to the redundancies? For example, he referred to it in answer to the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) about the Gurkha regiments.
Madam Deputy Speaker
If the Secretary of State has an answer to that question as it concerns the workings of the House, I will ask him to comment.