Points of Order

Bob Seely Excerpts

Tuesday 30th January 2018 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

The convention applies to all Members. It is important that shadow Ministers inform Members when visiting their constituents, so the answer is yes.

[Mr Bob Seely (Isle of Wight) (Con)]

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.

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

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.