Mark Francois
Main Page: Mark Francois (Conservative - Rayleigh and Wickford)(1 year, 3 months ago)
Commons ChamberFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker.
I do not want this to continue for too long. I do need to answer. I am sure the right hon. Gentleman will be brief.
I will be brief, Mr Speaker.
The members of the Committee were nominated by the Committee of Selection in the normal way last week. So far so good, but when I checked with the Chairman of the Committee of Selection, I learned that he had not been informed of the changes, which had been made by the Whips and not by the Committee. This is basically a sixth-form politics stunt, which came about because the Government feared that the people concerned would vote against that element of the Windsor framework. Why have our Government been reduced to this?