Justice and Security Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)

Peter Bone Excerpts

Monday 4th March 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Peter Bone (Wellingborough) (Con)]

Following that excellent speech from my hon. Friend the Member for Aldridge-Brownhills (Sir Richard Shepherd), I would like to add my support to his argument. The Government seem routinely to table programme motions of the sort they opposed when in opposition. They really do not need a programme motion. We are not exactly pressed for business at the moment. It seems to me that on the constitutional matter we are discussing, which is extremely important, and there are deep arguments about it on both sides, we should have unrestricted time to scrutinise it.