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Horsemeat

Proceeding contribution from John Bercow (Speaker) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 12 February 2013. It occurred during Opposition day on Horsemeat.

We now come to the main business. The first of the two Opposition day debates is on a motion about horsemeat in the name of the Leader of the Opposition.

Before I call the shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to move the motion, I should say that given the number of people seeking to contribute from the Back Benches, the likelihood is that there will be a limit on Back-Bench speeches of eight minutes or thereabouts. However, the length of that limit depends on the length of the Front-Bench speeches. My successor in the Chair or I will give a ruling on the matter when we see how long Front Benchers have taken to develop their points.

1.32 pm

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
558 c731 
Session
2012-13
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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