Debates between Pete Wishart and Neil Gray during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Pete Wishart and Neil Gray
Wednesday 15th July 2015

(9 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Pete Wishart Portrait Pete Wishart
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With due respect, I do not think the hon. Gentleman actually gets what is involved for the Speaker. It will be in his power to decide whether we are going to be excluded or not. He is going to tell us when our second-class status kicks in and when it does not. That is a dreadful position to put the Speaker in. It is not like deciding amendments or deciding on money resolutions; it is deciding whether Members of Parliament can participate in the House of Commons.

Neil Gray Portrait Neil Gray (Airdrie and Shotts) (SNP)
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My hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow North (Patrick Grady) made a very interesting point earlier: what would happen if the next Speaker were to be Scottish?

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