Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

Nick Smith Excerpts
Thursday 8th December 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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We certainly do not want the right hon. Gentleman to go to the cellars and stay there until 2022; we would miss him greatly.

Nick Smith Portrait Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
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On timetabling, can the Deputy Leader of the House say what progress has been made in government in securing a money resolution for the Parliamentary Constituencies (Amendment) Bill, which was passed by a majority of 216 on Second Reading four weeks ago?

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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That has nothing to do with sitting in September 2017. The House is in a very curious mood today; questions are very interesting, but they suffer from the disadvantage of bearing little or absolutely no relation to the matter on the Order Paper. But the Deputy Leader of the House is a barrister, so if he cannot respond, nobody can.