Kevin Brennan
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(6 years ago)
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Andrea Leadsom
Like you, no doubt, Mr Speaker, I was very much looking forward to hearing my right hon. Friend’s contributions to that debate. It is certainly a top domestic priority for the Government to improve the plight of those who need their own home and, of course, to alleviate homelessness. Those are incredibly important issues, so we will certainly reschedule that debate in Government time as soon as we can.
Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab)
I remind the Leader of the House that the Prime Minister does not need to brief the media or indeed ask Mr Speaker for a debate under Standing Order No. 24 to have a matter debated in the House. The Government control the House’s timetable, so why on earth were they trying to use that procedure to do something that they have the power to do anyway?
Andrea Leadsom
As I said previously, the Prime Minister requested an urgent debate under the Standing Order No. 24 procedure, and it was not granted.