Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 18 May 2007.
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I refer you to
"After a question has been proposed a Member rising in his place may claim to move, 'That the question be now put,' and, unless it shall appear to the chair that such motion is an abuse of the rules of the House, or an infringement of the rights of the minority, the question 'that the question be now put,' shall be put forthwith."
The point of order for you, Madam Deputy Speaker, is this: a large number of Members—