Michael Fabricant
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Michael Fabricant (Lichfield) (Con)
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. We have lost an hour from the HS2 debate because of the very important statement on Ukraine. If the Government were minded to let you have a manuscript amendment to the Business of the House motion to extend the debate to midnight, would you be prepared to accept it?
Mr Speaker
What I say to the hon. Gentleman is that it would be possible for the Government to move a motion in lieu, rather than to amend the existing motion, but I think success of the kind that the hon. Gentleman envisages and hopes for would require the assent of the whole House. It might be thought on the part of the hon. Gentleman to be a triumph of optimism over reality to suppose that that would take place, but I hope he feels that his attempted point of order has been answered.