Falkland Islands Referendum
Debate between Mark Menzies and Lindsay Hoyle(11 years, 3 months ago)
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Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
Order. May I just suggest that we have to be careful, as this debate is about the referendum and we are being dragged over other different subjects? I know that Mr Opperman wants to keep to the subject of the debate, so I ask hon. Members not to distract him—that would be helpful.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
Debate between Mark Menzies and Lindsay Hoyle(12 years, 7 months ago)
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Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)
It is important that we do not think of this issue only in terms of the relationship between a husband and wife, because domestic abuse can also occur in other circumstances, such as where people take in an elderly parent. That may seem a good idea at the time, but subsequently events might take a different turn and the elderly parent may therefore also become a victim of abuse.
Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)
Order. The hon. Gentleman has only recently entered the Chamber, and he ought not to have intervened so soon. It is, of course, up to the hon. Member for South Swindon (Mr Buckland) to decide if and when to take interventions, but may I remind Members that they ought to make sure they have been in the Chamber for some considerable time before seeking to make interventions?