Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill

Bill Wiggin Excerpts

Monday 25th October 2010 Commons Chamber

[Chris Bryant]

On a point of order, Mr Streeter. As there was some discussion before that last set of votes about the statutory instruments to be laid by the Welsh Office, the Northern Ireland Office and the Scotland Office—

[Bill Wiggin (North Herefordshire) (Con)]

It is the Wales Office.

[Chris Bryant]

I apologise and am very grateful to the Whip for that.

These statutory instruments are now available in the Vote Office and I note that the Scottish one is 205 pages long. There are two Northern Ireland instruments, not just one as was stated earlier. One is 59 pages long and the other is somewhat shorter; the Welsh one is quite short too. Would it not be extraordinary if these were not to be debated properly before Report?