TRAVELLER LAW REFORM BILL

House of Commons, 19 July 2002.

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

Second Reading what day? No day named.

CONTROL OF FIREWORKS (No. 2) BILL

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

Second Reading what day? No day named.

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT (No. 2) BILL

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

Second Reading what day? No day named.

HOME ENERGY CONSERVATION (No. 2) BILL

Jonathan Sayeed (Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire)

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Would you confirm that the hon. Member for Poplar and Canning Town (Jim Fitzpatrick), a Government Whip, has objected to a Bill that has been supported by five Ministers and the majority of the House?

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

I can only confirm that I received an objection and that it was taken.

FIREARMS (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) BILL

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

Second Reading what day? No day named.

David Wilshire (Conservative, Spelthorne)

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Would you not agree, and is there any way of making it absolutely clear, that the Government have objected to this Bill, which would attempt to make it much more difficult for irresponsible teenagers to fire air guns at animals and at people, thereby causing injury? Is it not a disgrace that the Government are against that sort of sensible measure to protect the public?

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

As I think the hon. Gentleman appreciates, those are not matters on which the Chair can comment.

CRIMINAL EVIDENCE (PROHIBITION OF SALE) (No. 2) BILL

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

Second Reading what day? No day named.

Julian Lewis (Conservative, New Forest East)

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Is there any way in which I can show for the record that a Government Whip has just blocked a Bill that was modelled on another that arose out of the terrible Fred West murders case?

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

No more than in the words that the hon. Gentleman has used.

Claire Ward (Labour, Watford)

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Is there any way in which I can place on the record the fact that the points of order made by Opposition Members today are a pantomime, given that when they were in government they objected to private Members' Bills in exactly the same way? The right hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Mr. Forth), who is on the Opposition Front Bench, has a considerable record of many years of objecting to private Members' Bills.

Jonathan Sayeed (Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire)

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Would you confirm that Opposition Members and Labour Members have been consistently trying to get the Home Energy Conservation (No. 2) Bill through all its stages during this Session? The Government have gone against the sovereign will of Parliament.

Alan Haselhurst (Deputy Speaker, Saffron Walden)

We must not get involved in debate on particular measures. The official record shows precisely what has happened throughout this Session.