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Greg Knight Excerpts

Friday 21st January 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

[Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire) (Con)]

I beg to move, That the House sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

The House proceeded to a Division.

[Mr Speaker]

I ask the Serjeant at Arms to investigate the delay in the No Lobby.

--- Later in debate ---

[Mr Speaker]

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her point of order and for advance notice of it. I have considerable sympathy for her and for other Back-Bench Members who have worked hard to bring their Bills to the House for debate. How today’s proceedings unfold is a matter for the House and the use of time and procedure is in the hands of individual Members. The Chair of the Procedure Committee is in the House today and he might welcome a memorandum from the hon. Lady setting out her analysis of the problem and the solutions that she proposes. I hope that is helpful both to the hon. Lady and to the rest of the House.

[Mr Greg Knight (East Yorkshire) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

I shall take a very brief point of order from the right hon. Gentleman and we shall then proceed.

[Mr Knight]

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I rise only to say that your conclusion is correct. I would welcome further discussions with the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (Joan Walley) and, indeed, we have already spoken in the margins of the Chamber to agree to do just that.

[Mr Speaker]

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said.