Business of the House

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:18 pm on 26 October 1989.

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Photo of Mr Tony Banks Mr Tony Banks , Newham North West 4:18, 26 October 1989

You are very kind to an old man, Mr. Speaker.

Does the Leader of the House agree that dealing with 48 Commonwealth Prime Ministers is a mere doddle compared with dealing with my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner) during the early watches of the morning?

As the Prime Minister made quite lengthy mention of elephants and elephant ivory and said—and I disagree entirely—that in certain parts of southern Africa there are large elephant populations that should be culled——