Bob Seely
Main Page: Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)(6 years, 6 months ago)
Commons ChamberThe convention applies to all Members. It is important that shadow Ministers inform Members when visiting their constituents, so the answer is yes.
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think I saw the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Stephen Morgan) down on my Island during Cowes Week last year, sitting in a VIP tent, so I presume that he was there in part because of his role as a Member of Parliament. He is a member of the Labour party, so it would be good if all sides respected the rules. Because we are terribly laid-back and chilled on the Island, I did not mention it, but I suppose that I could have made a drama out of it if I had wished.
We have to be sensible about this. Obviously, people will pay private visits to other people’s constituencies. That is quite different from official visits or visits by Ministers.