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Proceeding contribution from John Bercow (Speaker) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 3 April 2019. It occurred during Points of order on Points of Order.

The hon. Lady can do and has done. I thank the hon. Lady, the Chair of the Liaison Committee, for giving notice that she intended to raise this matter on a point of order with me. I appreciate that the Prime Minister�s diary will have been even busier than usual recently, but I am sure the Prime Minister recognises that her regular appearances before the Liaison Committee form an important part of her accountability to Parliament.

The hon. Lady asks how she can persuade the Prime Minister to confirm a date. I suggest that by raising the matter today, the hon. Lady may have helped to achieve that objective. If she is not immediately successful, I have no doubt that she will�following, perhaps, my repeated advice to colleagues�persist, persist and, if necessary, persist again until she accomplishes her objective. Those sessions matter. They are part of respect for, and the proper functioning of, the legislature.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
657 c1039 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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