Business of the House

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:30 pm on 11 March 2004.

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Photo of Eric Forth Eric Forth Conservative, Bromley and Chislehurst 12:30, 11 March 2004

The Leader of the House is fond of boasting, as he did today, about Ministers who come to the House to answer questions, but he has neglected to say that when Ministers give answers, they are either inadequate or non-existent. Will he conduct an exhaustive search throughout the Government to try to find a Minister who gives adequate, straightforward answers to questions in this place? If he finds such a person—I shall be impressed if he can—will that person then conduct a seminar for other Ministers, with the Prime Minister present, so that we might have some hope in the future of getting answers of any kind from Ministers?