Former MP for Manchester Wythenshawe
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Is it not grossly demeaning of this honourable House that we are open to the accusation of ignoring even as worthy a Bill as the one to help severely handicapped children, by a Government Whip—
Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker.
The Secretary of State's long and, at times, repetitive speech reminded me of a celebrated apology by George Bernard Shaw. I'm sorry", he said, for writing at such length. There wasn't time to write more briefly. The right hon. Gentleman spoke at greater length than my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, South and Finsbury (Mr. Smith), but not to more effect. Anyone who believes, as the...
I must proceed. The Conservatives contested its founding principles when the NHS was created and still seek to undermine them today. As the Prime Minister was beside himself to remind me at an hour-long meeting that I had with him about the Government's obstruction of a private Member's Bill that I was then promoting—my Civil Rights (Disabled Persons) Bill—in the third year of his...
Will the Minister give way?
Will the Minister give way on that point?
Noting the Whip's objection, Friday 7 February.
