Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:20 pm on 11 July 2023.
William Wragg
Chair, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Chair, Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
1:20,
11 July 2023
Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I think my hon. Friend Crispin Blunt hon. Friend misspoke; it was the Communities Secretary.
The Deputy speaker is in charge of proceedings of the House of Commons in the absence of the Speaker.
The deputy speaker's formal title is Chairman of Ways and Means, one of whose functions is to preside over the House of Commons when it is in a Committee of the Whole House.
The deputy speaker also presides over the Budget.