2014 JHA Opt-out Decision Debate

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2014 JHA Opt-out Decision

Chris Heaton-Harris Excerpts
Monday 15th July 2013

(11 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Chris Bryant Portrait Chris Bryant
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On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. As I understand it, the Justice Secretary just nodded to the assertion made by the hon. Gentleman. I think he was assenting to the Government’s acceptance of the amendment tabled in the name of the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith). If so, I would have thought it would be in order for the Justice Secretary to make that view known for the whole House.

Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait Chris Heaton-Harris (Daventry) (Con)
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It was a private conversation.

Baroness Primarolo Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)
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Surprisingly enough, there are no private conversations in the Chamber; Members are supposed to have them outside. That is not a point of order for me, in the sense that I saw no indication—and have heard no indication—of the Government’s attitude to the amendments, unless the Justice Secretary wants to correct me, although he is not obliged to.