Ordered,

That the Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the electing of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough Constituency of Glasgow, North-East in the room of Michael John Martin, who since his election for the said Borough Constituency has accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty's Manor of Northstead in the County of York.- (Mr. Nicholas Brown.)

I beg to move, That the House sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163).

A Division was called.

Division off.

Question disagreed to.

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Before we get to the Bill, I would like to raise with you an issue arising from what the Leader of the House said at column 449 yesterday in answer to a question put by my right hon. and learned Friend Mr. Hogg. The Leader of the House said:

"We obviously have to judge things by the rules and standards that obtained at the time; doing anything else would be arbitrary."-[ Hansard, 15 October 2009; Vol. 497, c. 449.]

In today's edition of The Independent and on the BBC there are reports that Mr. Speaker is to say something different on "The Week at Westminster" tomorrow. I wondered whether you could ensure that Mr. Speaker shares with us on Monday his thoughts about the Legg report so that we can discuss the matter in the House rather than have it aired only on the media. As I made clear in a point of order in June, we in the House are insistent that we should hold Ministers of the Crown to account for their statements, and on something as sensitive as the Legg report, I believe that Mr. Speaker would wish to have questions put to him to answer.

That is not a matter that I can deal with this morning. No doubt all the parties concerned with these matters will have heard the hon. Gentleman's points and take them into consideration when they decide on their courses of action.

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I would like your advice and guidance on whether you have received a request from the Home Secretary or, possibly, the Solicitor-General to make a statement about the Yvonne Fletcher case? It emerged last night that, two years ago, a senior lawyer carried out an independent review of the case for the Crown Prosecution Service in which he said that the two Libyans involved could be charged for conspiracy to cause death. Neither had diplomatic immunity; they escaped from the Libyan embassy. The report made it clear that both those men played an instrumental role in the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher.

Last night, as I said, it emerged that the Crown Prosecution Service had confirmed that, two years on, the police had still not provided it with the final case file containing the admissible evidence. Surely the Home Secretary should make a statement explaining why the Metropolitan police are sitting on that vital evidence, and to put our minds at rest by assuring us that Britain's trade interests are not being put before the interests of bringing criminals to justice. I seek your guidance, Mr. Deputy Speaker.

I have not so far been given notice that any Minister is proposing to come to the House to make a statement, but, again, Ministers will have heard the points made by the hon. Gentleman and will, I am sure, take note of them.