Clause 3
Employment Bill [Lords]
11:15 am
John Bercow (Buckingham, Conservative)
Order. I make it clear to members of the Committee that ordinarily when someone seeks leave to withdraw their amendment, I will immediately put that question to the vote. Similarly, if an hon. Member seeks to push their amendment to the vote, I will immediately put it to the vote. In this case I have received a slightly belated indication from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley that he wishes to speak on the matter and on this occasion I will happily allow him to do so. Hon. Members will quickly discover that I am a facilitator. I want them to contribute but unfortunately I am not psychic, so an hon. Member who wishes to catch my eye cannot rely simply on raising their eyebrow. They need to rise and indicate their wish to speak.