Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Stuart Bell and Robert Halfon

Monday 26th July 2010 Commons Chamber

[Sir Stuart Bell]

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend, but I cannot add to the points made by the Deputy Leader of the House and the hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis). As my right hon. Friend will no doubt know, this is a matter for the Procedure Committee or the Backbench Business Committee.

[Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con)]

Would it not be a good way to save money to publish EDMs just on the internet and not print them on the Order Paper?

[Sir Stuart Bell]

That is an interesting point. In 2007 the Procedure Committee said there should be no electronic tabling of EDMs without stronger authentication than that in place for questions.