Points of Order

Pete Wishart Excerpts
Tuesday 23rd November 2010

(13 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Pete Wishart Portrait Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP)
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On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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If the hon. Gentleman has a totally unrelated point of order, I am happy to hear it.

Pete Wishart Portrait Pete Wishart
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The BBC may or may not have got the Home Secretary’s statement, but the smaller parties most certainly did not get a copy of it in advance. The Government have been pretty good at getting statements to us recently. Will you ensure that the smaller parties, such as the Labour party, get a copy of the statement in advance of its being given?

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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In so far as I could fully hear the hon. Gentleman—I apologise if I failed to hear him, but there was quite a lot of noise in the Chamber—I would simply reiterate that there are certain requirements of courtesy on Ministers. Generally speaking, the requirements are complied with and I know that it is always the intention of Ministers to do so. Generally speaking, that happens and if it did not in this case, that was a mistake.