Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Eleanor Laing Excerpts
Thursday 26th January 2017

(7 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Stephen Doughty Portrait Stephen Doughty
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May I help my hon. Friend? The point he makes about the White Paper and its relation to possible amendments is a good one, because Members may wish to table amendments, new clauses and new schedules that relate to issues that they are not happy with in the White Paper, but we have not yet seen that White Paper. There is a very practical concern here, which is that we can table amendments before we have actually had a proper presentation of the facts by the Government—

Eleanor Laing Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker
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Order. May I make a helpful suggestion? Members should put their names down to speak in the debate on Tuesday, at which point this would all be very relevant, but it is not relevant to what we are debating now.