SELECT COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS
Debate between Nicholas Dakin and Natascha Engel(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Nic Dakin (Scunthorpe) (Lab)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it right that the Government should slip out just before the recess a written parliamentary statement about the closure of 86 family courts in England, which will restrict access to justice? Given that there has been so much interest in the House about that, it would have been so much better if the Minister had come to the House and talked to us directly.
Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel)
The hon. Gentleman has put that point on the record, and I thank him for doing so.
Steel Industry
Debate between Nicholas Dakin and Natascha Engel(9 years, 1 month ago)
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Madam Deputy Speaker (Natascha Engel)
Order. The Secretary of State has indicated that he is not giving way. Shouting “Minister!” from a sedentary position is not going to help anyone.
Let me also say that Members who are included in a very long list of speakers and who make constant interventions will not be called. We shall not be able to fit everyone in as it is, but if the interventions are kept to a minimum, we may have a chance of getting a little way down the list.