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Points of Order

Proceeding contribution from Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 23 March 2016. It occurred during Points of order on Points of Order.

On a point of order, Mr Speaker —and thank you for your good wishes. As you will know, I very rarely make points of order in the House, but on this occasion I must seek your advice on how I might lobby the business managers about the inadequacy of the time that has been provided for the Report and Third Reading debates on the Bill today.

Millions of people up and down the line are affected by this large and highly complex project, and by the Bill. I do not think that three hours for Report and Third Reading is sufficient to give Members of Parliament an opportunity to make representations on this complex project on behalf of their constituents, let alone members of the Select Committee, some of whom—although not I—spent 160 working days sitting in the Select Committee. Some might give the House the benefit of their wisdom by suggesting how the hybrid Select Committee procedure could be improved.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
607 c1596 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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