Points of Order

Peter Bone Excerpts

Monday 7th February 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

No, he does not wish to do so.

[Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)]

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Would it not be strange if the Prime Minister came to the House and made a statement, and then when somebody asked him a question, he said, “I’m not answering that, because it’s outside the remit of what I came to the House for”? I should think that we should welcome the Prime Minister answering questions as widely as possible.

[Mr Speaker]

I am not sure that I should be the arbiter of that. The hon. Gentleman has raised an issue of what he considers to be “strangeness” and asked me to rule on it, but I think that is beyond the remit of the Chair, so we will leave it there for today.