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HANSARDPoints of OrderThe hon. Gentleman makes a compelling case, and it will have been heard by colleagues. For my part, in so far as he exhorts me to seek to facilitate manuscript amendments and so…28 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThe hon. Gentleman’s understanding is correct. That could happen. It is what would be called a worst-case scenario, but I believe it to be so. I think that the Leader of the House…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Permitted Development and Shale Gas ExplorationOrder. Colleagues, I have to inform the House of some corrections to yesterday’s recorded votes. In respect of Mr Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles’s motion (D) on Common Market…28 Mar 2019HANSARDApprenticesAnd if the hon. Lady is not satisfied, we might have to look at it again, preferably sooner rather than later.28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)The short answer to the hon. Gentleman is that that would be orderly. Whether it would be desirable, whether it would secure the approval of the House, and whether it would cause…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)The hon. Lady has made her point with considerable force, educating me in the process—I am grateful for that—with the use of the expression “reverse-ferret”: apparently one with…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)Of course I will take a point of order from the right hon. Gentleman before we proceed with the debate on the sittings motion.28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)Order. I will happily take points of order. People sought the judgment of the Attorney General, and the Attorney General has provided it. I would not dream of pronouncing on the…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseOrder. That has very little to do with the business of the House for next week. I do not say this in any spirit of discourtesy to the hon. Lady, but I am perfectly conscious of…28 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderYes, it is certainly important that we know what we are debating. The Leader of the House has announced that if we sit tomorrow there will be a debate on a motion relating to the…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Speaker’s StatementI am pleased to report to the House that the Government’s motion for tomorrow’s debate complies with the test set out on page 397 of the 24th edition of “Erskine May” that motions…28 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThe hon. Gentleman observes correctly.28 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderAs far as staff are concerned, one would expect them to be fully recompensed. That is the working principle here. I cannot comment about others. I mean no disrespect to them, but…28 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI was not betting on it; I simply said I hoped.28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)Are we returning to the motion? Does the hon. Gentleman wish to speak on the motion, or is he seeking to raise a point of order?28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)I saw the Attorney General a number of times during the day. I would just say to the hon. Gentleman—I do not mean to be discourteous to him—that I think colleagues will recognise…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)Order. I am sorry, but I said it before to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), who took it in pretty good spirit— [ Laughter. ] Well, reasonable spirit. With the greatest…28 Mar 2019HANSARD Sittings of the House (29 March)In so far as it is germane to the right hon. Gentleman’s view as to whether the sittings motion should pass, it is a reasonable point for him to raise. I can say only that the…28 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderNo, I am not debating the issue with the hon. Lady. [Interruption.] No, it is not a debate. She has raised a point of order. I have answered it. The right hon. Member for New…28 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThe hon. Lady expresses her disappointment with the verdicts of the House on propositions legitimately submitted to it yesterday. She did that earlier in our proceedings and has…28 Mar 2019