Points of Order

Chris Bryant Excerpts

Tuesday 30th October 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. In response, I make two points.

[Chris Bryant (Rhondda) (Lab)]

A hearse, a hearse, my kingdom for a hearse.

[Mr Speaker]

We are always obliged to the hon. Gentleman for chuntering from a sedentary position about hearses. I hope he will be good enough to allow me to intervene on him and respond to the point of order from the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth). First, I think that his late majesty has been dead for long enough to evade our normal rules on references to monarchs. Secondly, the hon. Gentleman has put the matter on the record and attempted to obtain clarification, which will have been heard on the Treasury Bench, but beyond that I am afraid that it is not a matter for the Chair.