Part of Universal Credit – in the House of Commons at 5:55 pm on 5 November 2018.
John Lamont
Conservative, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
5:55,
5 November 2018
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I seek your guidance as I am a relatively new Member of this House. It came to my attention on Friday that Pete Wishart was visiting my Constituency at the weekend. I did not receive advance notice of his visit. I understand that the purpose of the visit was to hold a rally to do a number of things, but particularly to try to get rid of the Scottish Conservatives. Reassuringly, only a handful of people attended the event. I have given the hon. Gentleman notice of this point of order. Am I correct in thinking that it was appropriate for him to give me advance notice of visiting my constituency?
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