Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Lord Redwood and John Bercow(9 years, 1 month ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. Shortage of time is good reason to call a master of brevity: Mr John Redwood.
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)
When will pupils be able to take up places in the new grammars envisaged in the Secretary of State’s policy?
BBC
Debate between Lord Redwood and John Bercow
Mr Speaker
Order. I would point out that the opening exchanges between the Secretary of State and the shadow Secretary of State have absorbed no fewer than 33 minutes, so I look first to the author of the textbook on brevity, from whom other right hon. and hon. Members should take their cue, Mr John Redwood.
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)
Will the Secretary of State include in the charter a requirement that the BBC should recognise England as a nation, just as it recognises Scotland as a nation?
Scotland Bill
Debate between Lord Redwood and John Bercow(9 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
The hon. Gentleman has registered that point, although, as he will know, I am not responsible for the ministerial code. Others are, however, bound by it, and therefore have a responsibility to it. That point is on the record.
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)
Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I wonder whether it would be sufficient for Ministers to report orally to the House on how they propose to amend the figures, which are clearly wrong.
Mr Speaker
It is entirely open to Ministers to do that in the course of the debate. I have no desire to steer the debate as that would be very wrong, but I have a hunch that if the Minister does not provide satisfaction on that front, he might be peppered with attempted interventions from either the hon. Member for Stone (Sir William Cash) or the right hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood). We will leave it there for now.
European Council
Debate between Lord Redwood and John Bercow(9 years, 10 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. Pressure on time requires brevity, in my experience unfailingly represented by Mr John Redwood.
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Given the obvious difficulty in unifying the very varied economies and societies of the current EU, why is now a good time to accelerate possible Turkish membership?
Energy Bill [Lords]
Debate between Lord Redwood and John Bercow
Mr Speaker
Order. The hon. Gentleman is not giving way—he has concluded his remarks.
Mr Speaker
No. We will take Mr Chris Heaton-Harris and then come to the hon. Member for Southampton, Test (Dr Whitehead).
UK-EU Renegotiation
Debate between Lord Redwood and John Bercow(9 years, 11 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
Order. I would call the hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) to ask a question if he were standing, but he isn’t, so I won’t. You cannot have it all. I call John Redwood.
John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con)
As we are driven in the EU vehicle towards ever closer union and political union, how does it help to try to fit a couple of emergency brakes that lie within the control of the EU, not us? Is not the only way to get control of our borders, our tax revenues and our welfare system to leave, be a good European and let them get on with their political union?
Debate on the Address
Debate between Lord Redwood and John Bercow(10 years, 8 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving me a few minutes’ advance notice of his intention to raise this point of order. He has raised an extremely important point, on which I shall take appropriate advice, and which, as he would expect, I will give the most serious thought. I hope he will understand that it would not be appropriate for me to say anything beyond that this afternoon. Perfectly legitimately, he has raised it, and that is my response today.
John Redwood
Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. If the right hon. Gentleman cares to read the Gracious Speech, it does very clearly say that the Standing Orders will be amended.
Mr Speaker
I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for putting that on the record.