Debates between Neil Coyle and John Bercow during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Commons Chamber

1st reading: House of Commons

European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

Debate between Neil Coyle and John Bercow
John Baron Portrait Mr John Baron (Basildon and Billericay) (Con)
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On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, but there is no need for a point of order. I say to the hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark (Neil Coyle) that he should not have used the word he used. He tried to wrap it up in a quote, but it was very unseemly, rather undignified and quite unnecessary. He should not have done it, and he should apologise.

Neil Coyle Portrait Neil Coyle
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Although I share the former Prime Minister’s sentiments, I apologise if it was unparliamentary language.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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It was unparliamentary language, and the hon. Gentleman should not do it again. Has he finished his contribution?

Neil Coyle Portrait Neil Coyle
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indicated assent.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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We are grateful to him.

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Debate between Neil Coyle and John Bercow
1st reading: House of Commons
Wednesday 30th November 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Bill to be read a Second time on Friday 24 February—

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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We have no intelligence on the question whether it will be televised—well, actually we do, and it very likely will. [Laughter.]

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Neil Coyle and John Bercow
Thursday 26th May 2016

(8 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I hope that “shortly” means well before the summer recess. That seems to be a very tardy response indeed. This is really not very satisfactory.

Neil Coyle Portrait Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab)
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In February, Women for Refugee Women made freedom of information requests on the number of pregnant women being detained under immigration rules. What has happened since has been described by politics.co.uk as

“an instruction manual in obfuscation and delay”.

Can the Minister explain why the Government are so reluctant to reveal this information, and tell us when they will finally release the data?

Point of Order

Debate between Neil Coyle and John Bercow
Monday 7th December 2015

(9 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Neil Coyle Portrait Neil Coyle (Bermondsey and Old Southwark) (Lab)
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On a point of order, Mr Speaker. In Work and Pensions questions earlier, I asked about the Access to Work programme, which helps disabled people to attain and retain work. In response, the Under-Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, the hon. Member for North West Cambridgeshire (Mr Vara), stated that Access to Work use was at record levels. According to DWP figures published in October, in 2014-15 there were 36,760 users, but in 2009-10 there were 37,270. Mr Speaker, will you encourage the Minister either to correct the record or provide the House with information on the statistics he was referring to, or encourage him to make a broader statement that might actually answer the original question?

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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A better recourse is for the hon. Gentleman to make the short journey to the Table Office and pose further questions. I do not know which baseline year the Minister had in mind when making his comparison, and nor—I gently add—is it my responsibility to know. The hon. Gentleman is an adroit and ingenious contributor to our proceedings, and his head will almost certainly now be filled with a series of follow-up questions that encapsulate his dissatisfaction with what he has heard so far. He should make full use of the questioning system, whether the Minister likes it or not, and I have a hunch that that is precisely what he will now do.