David Winnick
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Mr David Winnick (Walsall North) (Lab)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. My hon. Friend the Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) raised with Mr Speaker after Prime Minister’s Question Time the Prime Minister’s saying earlier that it was in Labour’s manifesto to sell off Royal Mail. My hon. Friend quoted the Labour manifesto policy, which was that
“continuing modernisation and investment will be needed by the Royal Mail in the public sector.”
I wonder whether you can help, Madam Deputy Speaker. If the Prime Minister has misled the House, inadvertently, does he not have a responsibility to come to the House at the first opportunity to explain and to apologise to the House for what he has said?
Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)
Thank you, Mr Winnick. I get the drift of your point of order, which, as an experienced Member of this House, you will appreciate is not a point of order for me in the Chair; it is a matter of debate and interpretation, and each Member of this House is responsible for their contributions during Question Times and debates. It is not a responsibility of the Chair.
Madam Deputy Speaker
I have ruled on your point of order, Mr Winnick, so with respect, you cannot come back a second time and put the same one to me.