Clause 3 - Creation of combined fire and rescue authorities: supplementary
Fire and Rescue Services Bill
4:17 pm
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
On a point of order, Sir Nicholas. I am extremely disappointed about the slow progress that the Committee made between the moment when you said you would put the Question and the time when the Division took place. That allowed Government Members, who showed no urgency in returning to the Room to re-embark upon our important deliberations, the opportunity to vote on the matter. The Opposition are also deeply disappointed to note the total absence, as usual, of the Liberal Democrats, with whose presence we would have had a much closer shave.