Order. This really is an abuse. It is a novelty, in my experience, for a Minister to intervene from the Front Bench reading from a folder. That really will not do. Interventions should be brief, and it would be good if the House—both sides—could get back into the courteous mood in which it found itself yesterday and for part of today.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Speaker
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 1 February 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
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