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Debate between Baroness Laing of Elderslie and Nick Smith(5 years, 6 months ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)
Order. The Secretary of State is not giving way, and we are running out of time.
Points of Order
Debate between Baroness Laing of Elderslie and Nick Smith
Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Can we have a statement on the impact of this decision on the proposed electrification of the south Wales valley lines? The statement that has been sneaked out today is appalling.
Madam Deputy Speaker (Mrs Eleanor Laing)
Hon. Members know that the matter of when a Minister comes to the House is not for me, Mr Speaker or any other occupant of the Chair. The matters that were just raised in three points of order were raised many times during today’s business questions and answered by the Leader of the House, who is once again in her place. I am sure that she will have conveyed the feelings of the House to the Secretary of State. The hon. Gentlemen know very well the methods by which Members can try to insist on a Secretary of State coming to the House, and I am sure that they will pursue the matter in that way. I can do nothing further from the Chair, but I am certain that the Secretary of State for Transport knows the opinion of hon. Members.