Sylvia Heal: Order. I am afraid that the hon. Member has gone wide of the remit once again.
Sylvia Heal: Order. All I have to say to the hon. Member is that although people listening to the debate may not be aware of how narrow the motion is, Members present for the debate should be aware of that-and most are. That is why we are so restricted.
Sylvia Heal: The hon. Gentleman has placed his remarks on record, and they will clearly be read by those concerned. The Speaker and the other occupants of the Chair have a responsibility for what happens in Parliament, and Ministers' responses. The hon. Gentleman's comments will have been noted.
Sylvia Heal: Order. May I please bring the House back to order? We are discussing the Government's proposals.
Sylvia Heal: Order. The hon. Lady has clearly decided that at present she will not give way to anyone.
Sylvia Heal: Order.
Sylvia Heal: Order. That is not a point of order for the Chair, and the hon. Member for Croydon, Central (Mr. Pelling) is in fact an independent Member of the House.
Sylvia Heal: Order. May I remind hon. Members that we are now discussing local government finance? That is the matter under consideration in this debate.
Sylvia Heal: With this we shall discuss the following motion, on council tax: That the draft Council Tax Limitation (Maximum Amounts) (England) Order 2010, which was laid before this House on 20 January, be approved.
Sylvia Heal: Order. Perhaps the Secretary of State could now concentrate on the proposals that the Government are putting forward.
Sylvia Heal: Order. We are certainly not straying into the subject of Regional Select Committees.
Sylvia Heal: I now have to announce the results of Divisions deferred from a previous day. On the motion relating to EU enlargement strategy, the Ayes were 403 and the Noes were 20, so the Question was agreed to. On the motion relating to infrastructure planning, the Ayes were 231 and the Noes were 196, so the Question was agreed to. On the motion relating to financial management, the Ayes were 230 and...
Sylvia Heal: Order. I must rule the hon. Lady out of order because we are talking not about sentencing policy, but about the grant that police authorities have.
Sylvia Heal: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 5- Sustainable urban drainage systems - 'A full definition of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) is "Sustainable drainage systems or sustainable (urban) drainage systems: a sequence of management practices and control structures designed to drain surface water in a more sustainable fashion than some conventional...
Sylvia Heal: Order. The hon. Gentleman is now straying rather wide of the group of amendments that we are discussing, albeit it is a large group of amendments.
Sylvia Heal: With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government new clause 71- Parliamentary standards: Membership of Speaker's Committee. Government new clause 72- Parliamentary standards: Transparency etc. Government new clause 73- Parliamentary standards: MPs' salaries. Government new clause 74- Parliamentary standards: MPs' allowances scheme. Government new clause 75- Parliamentary...
Sylvia Heal: Order. I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is straying wide of the topic of the debate, even though it is a Second Reading debate.
Sylvia Heal: Order. I think that the hon. Gentleman has explained to the readers of his local paper what has happened. Is he about to conclude his remarks?
Sylvia Heal: Order. There is not only pressure on space but sometimes pressure on time for business. We have more business to continue with. Is the hon. Gentleman concluding?
Sylvia Heal: Order. This is a private Bill rather than a private Member's Bill. I hope, in any case, that the hon. Gentleman will confine his remarks to its Third Reading.