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HANSARDPoints of OrderMy understanding is that the Business of the House motion was tabled yesterday afternoon by the Government; I confess I do not know at precisely what time, but my recollection and…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderNo, for the very simple reason that the terms for today, specified by the Government Chief Whip, specify no debate. If the hon. Lady asks me whether there will be a debate, the…09 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsOrder. The question from the hon. Gentleman must be heard. As I scarcely heard what he said, I think he should start again— [ Interruption. ] Yes, he should start again and…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderWell, that is not a motion that I can accept, but I would like to propose that we come now to the ten-minute rule motion. I call Mr Leo Docherty.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThe hon. Gentleman’s words stand, and I thank him for what he has said.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderNo, there is no further.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of view. He is quite right that we met, I think, in the anteroom of the Bristol Conservative Association headquarters at 5…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the hon. Lady for what she has said. I do not know whether there is any precedent for such advice having been issued, but my understanding is that it has not previously…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am happy to reflect on the second point, which is not altogether dissimilar to that raised earlier by the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith).…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOrder. I have heard the hon. Gentleman’s first point and I would like to hear his second.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderRather than deal in detail with what the hon. Lady has said, I will say that I agree with her assessment of recent events, and of course I thank her for agreeing with me.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderLet me say this to the hon. Gentleman. So far as his last remark was concerned, I think I can cope with that. Government Whips going about their business in their own way is…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am sorry, but there is a distinction between a motion and an amendment. What the right hon. Gentleman says about a motion I accept, but it does not relate to an amendment. That…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order and for his characteristic courtesy. The answer is simple. The right hon. Gentleman referred to a motion and said that no…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am immensely grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I am not in the business of invoking precedent, nor am I under any obligation to do so. I think the hon. Gentleman will know that it…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderYes. A point of order now from Sir Bernard Jenkin.09 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActWhat an extraordinarily succinct contribution that was. Of course I am paying attention; I never cease to do so.09 Jan 2019HANSARD Armed Forces (Derogation from European Convention on Human Rights)The right hon. Gentleman is a person of unfailing courtesy in this House, and I think he also knows our procedures. There are no points of order during a ten-minute rule motion,…09 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his magnificent succinctness, upon which he should be congratulated.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderIt seems entirely reasonable for me to say to the right hon. Gentleman that I would like to reflect on that matter. [Hon. Members: “Ah!”] Order. Members cavil as though there is…09 Jan 2019