Speaker's Statement

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions – in the House of Commons am 3:30 pm ar 11 Mai 2009.

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Photo of Michael Martin Michael Martin Chair, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, Speaker of the House of Commons, Chair, Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission 3:30, 11 Mai 2009

If hon. Members allow me to answer, perhaps they will not need to make their points.

I have a great deal of sympathy with the case that the hon. Gentleman makes. Perhaps later on this week I will make a statement after I have brought people into the House to try to resolve the matter. Many of us were involved in demonstrations before we came into the House, because demonstrating is part of a democracy, but we would have those demonstrations and then leave. No one has ever expected a demonstration to hijack Parliament square and the roads, and thereby stop others performing their democratic duties. I will be able to give the hon. Gentleman more information later in the week.

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David Clark
Posted on 12 Mai 2009 4:53 pm (Report this annotation)

It strikes me that by not allowing Honourable Members to finish their points of order, Mr Martin has hijacked Parliament and stopped MPs performing their democratic duties.