Orders of the Day — Horticulture

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 March 1975.

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Photo of Mr Michael Jopling Mr Michael Jopling , Westmorland 12:00, 17 March 1975

I hope that the Minister will respond to your invitation, Mr. Deputy Speaker, which we all heard. It must be almost unprecedented for a Minister to tell us, early in a debate on an Estimate, that what we are debating is erroneous. It is inconceivable that we should continue this debate for very much longer without some explanation from the hon. Gentleman. I appreciate that he may be in difficulty, perhaps, thinking that he would not then have an opportunity to reply to the debate. But I am sure that I speak for the whole House when I say we should be glad to give him the leave of the House so that he might reply to the debate.