Part of Orders of the Day — STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS, &c. – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 16 March 1992.
Mr Hugh Rossi
, Hornsey and Wood Green
10:30,
16 March 1992
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was in the House when the sitting was suspended. As I understand it, the suspension took place in order to allow time for my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing, North (Mr. Greenway) to come to the Chamber.
The Deputy speaker is in charge of proceedings of the House of Commons in the absence of the Speaker.
The deputy speaker's formal title is Chairman of Ways and Means, one of whose functions is to preside over the House of Commons when it is in a Committee of the Whole House.
The deputy speaker also presides over the Budget.
