Prime Minister (Questions and Statements)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 January 1967.

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Photo of Mr Patrick Wall Mr Patrick Wall , Haltemprice 12:00, 26 January 1967

May I ask you to clarify two points, Mr. Speaker? One is the very great difficulty which back-benchers have of putting down Questions to the Prime Minister which are likely to be answered. They have to be put down at least three weeks beforehand. The second is the difficulty of a backbencher who withdraws a Question to the Home Secretary, who was at the top of the list today, to get a Question to the Prime Minister and then is not called but somebody who appears later than him on the Order Paper is called. I appreciate the difficulty of the Chair, but may I ask you, Mr. Speaker, to appreciate the difficulty of back-benchers?