Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 2 November 2016.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. Can you do anything about the fact that the Home Office is not observing named days? On
The Home Office, as I understand the position, seems to be in such a state of crisis about written questions that it is not able to answer them—unless it does not want to provide an answer in the first place. This seems quite simple to me: the Home Secretary could say that she had placed the correspondence in the Library or else say what she meant when she said what she had passed on the information. It is hardly a complex question, so why do I have to raise a point of order with you, Mr Speaker?