Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:55 pm on 22 April 2025.
Ben Obese-Jecty
Opposition Assistant Whip (Commons)
7:55,
22 April 2025
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. On
“must inform in advance, and in good time, the MPs whose constituencies are to be included within the itinerary.”
The Home Secretary’s notification was neither in advance nor in good time. Could you please advise me whether, in this instance, the Home Secretary has broken the ministerial code?
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.
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