European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 6) Bill

Mike Penning Excerpts
3rd reading: House of Commons & Committee: 1st sitting: House of Commons
Wednesday 4th September 2019

(4 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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[Sir Lindsay Hoyle in the Chair]
Mike Penning Portrait Sir Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con)
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On a point of order, Sir Lindsay. We are about to debate in Committee, under your chairmanship, amendments that are not available to Members. I have just been to the Vote Office to try to find the amendments. [Interruption.] They have become available now, but they were not available five minutes ago. How can we possibly debate such an important issue without the amendments being released earlier?

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait The Chairman of Ways and Means (Sir Lindsay Hoyle)
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The amendments have not yet been selected for voting. They were allowed to be tabled until 5 o’clock, so there had to be time for that. If you were to go now, they should be listed, but the amendments to be voted on have not been chosen yet. During the next two hours, I am sure that a man as competent as yourself will keep up with what changes may come.

Mike Penning Portrait Sir Mike Penning
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Possibly.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait The Chairman of Ways and Means
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I am confident of that.

Clause 1

Duties in connection with the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union