Business of the House

Chris Elmore Excerpts

Thursday 12th January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Lidington]

There is a risk in any system that somebody might seek to abuse it. I suggest that the hon. Lady writes either to me or directly to the Minister responsible for these matters setting out the detail of what has happened to her constituents to try to secure a more detailed response to their concerns.

[Chris Elmore (Ogmore) (Lab/Co-op)]

As a brown-haired Member of the House, I am delighted to be the last Labour Member to be called.

The Leader of the House has already heard from my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Pat Glass) about her Bill. She has offered support in relation to whatever problems he has, and he is now saying that it is an issue of time. By anyone’s maths, if the Bill was published only three days before it was supported in this House, that is eight weeks and two days ago. Will he clearly explain what the problem is with bringing this Bill into Committee, or is it that there are problems on his own Back Benches because it had too much support from Conservative Members?

[Mr Lidington]

As I said earlier, the Government continue to consider the financial implications of the Bill.