On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On Wednesday, Mr. Speaker said that

"when Ministers have key policy statements to make, the House must be the first to hear them".—[ Hansard, 24 June 2009; Vol. 494, c. 797.]

Today, in clear breach of that ruling, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families has announced, through The Guardian and the BBC, that the Government have abandoned their literacy and numeracy strategy. The Secretary of State is either illiterate or contemptuous of Mr. Speaker's ruling, or both. What power do you have, Madam Deputy Speaker, to require the Secretary of State to attend the House today to apologise?

I will bring to Mr. Speaker's attention the hon. Gentleman's remarks, which will of course now be on the record.