Bob Ainsworth
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(14 years, 1 month ago)
Commons ChamberWell, this is a matter that Mr Speaker can look at, and he can read the comments that have been made on the record. I do not know the answer at the present time, but I am grateful to the hon. Member for Eltham (Clive Efford) for bringing the matter to my attention.
I call Bob Ainsworth.
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I would ask that the Speaker look into this—
Did you call me or my right hon. Friend, Madam Deputy Speaker?
I would ask that the Speaker look into this matter. It became pretty apparent that Back Benchers were not being treated equally. There are, it seems, pretend, shadow Liberal Democrat Ministers in the House, but they should surely not be given privileges over other Back Benchers. I would have thought that it was a matter for the Speaker to see whether Members were being treated with some kind of fairness and equality.