Point of Order

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — House of Commons – in the House of Commons am 3:34 pm ar 4 Mawrth 1991.

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Photo of Mr Dale Campbell-Savours Mr Dale Campbell-Savours , Workington 3:34, 4 Mawrth 1991

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. You may recall that on 30 January the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment told the House that he estimated that there were 2,000 to 3,000 people sleeping rough in central London. On 22 February, the same Minister told the House that these figures were based on the whole of London—17 London boroughs. Do you, Sir, recall giving me an opportunity, by way of a private notice question, to raise this matter? On that occasion, the Minister said: It was because we felt our figures were out of date that we asked … the voluntary organisations most experienced at dealing with rough sleepers in London to carry out a more recent count. The estimate that they produced came to 1,046 … We shall therefore use that figure to replace the earlier and out-of-date estimate."—[Official Report, 8 February 1991; Vol. 185 c.542–43.] Have you seeen the reply, Mr. Speaker?