TERRORISM PREVENTION AND INVESTIGATION MEASURES BILL (MONEY)

House of Commons, 7 June 2011.

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John Bercow (Speaker, Buckingham)

With the leave of the House, I will take motions 5 to 7 together.

Motion made, and Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 118(6)),

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Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat, Colchester)

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I wonder whether you have received any requests from Defence Ministers to come to the House to try to clarify reports in the press of proposals to cut the wages of members of 16 Air Assault Brigade and the Parachute Regiment in general. Today, 16 Air Assault Brigade had its welcome home parade through Colchester, and tomorrow, at Bury St Edmunds cathedral, there will be a service of thanksgiving which will also be a memorial service for those who have just fallen in Helmand province. Do you agree, Mr Speaker, that Defence Ministers should come and explain what is going on? Are they seriously proposing to cut the wages of members of the Parachute Regiment?

John Bercow (Speaker, Buckingham)

The hon. Gentleman asks me a straightforward question, to which the straightforward answer is no.