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Baroness Laing of Elderslie Excerpts
Monday 5th February 2018

(6 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Linden Portrait David Linden
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On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.

Baroness Laing of Elderslie Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing)
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Order. Before I take the point of order, let me say that we cannot have interventions from a sedentary position upon someone who is intervening. We also cannot have such long interventions. This debate does not have much longer to go.

David Linden Portrait David Linden
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On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Over the course of this debate, the hon. Member for Stirling (Stephen Kerr) has intervened on several occasions on me and my hon. Friends. Had he indicated to you that he was seeking to catch your eye to speak in the substantive debate, or is it the case that no Back Benchers—

Baroness Laing of Elderslie Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker
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Order. That is not a point of order. Any Member of this House may try to intervene on any other Member, and it is up to the Member who has the Floor whether they take the intervention or not. We will not waste time on points of order at this point.