Private Members’ Bills: Money Resolutions Debate

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Private Members’ Bills: Money Resolutions

Nick Smith Excerpts
Thursday 10th May 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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indicated dissent.

Nick Smith Portrait Nick Smith (Blaenau Gwent) (Lab)
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May I gently remind the Leader of the House that she is supposed to represent this House in Cabinet? Why is she allowing a procedural finagle to block the democratic decision of this House?

Andrea Leadsom Portrait Andrea Leadsom
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I take my role of representing Parliament in the Government incredibly seriously. At every Business questions and at every opportunity, I seek to take into account all the views expressed across this House. I can give the hon. Gentleman countless examples of successes there, but what I am simply setting out today is that the money resolution for this particular private Member’s Bill will be brought forward at a later stage, once the review of the Boundary Commission for England has been considered.