§ Mr. FrankelOn a point of Order, Mr. Speaker. I gave notice of a private notice question to the Home Secretary, and you have not called upon me to ask it.
§ Mr. SpeakerThe hon. Member was informed that he should put the question on the Paper in the ordinary way.
§ Mr. FrankelI am sorry to say that I have not been so informed.
§ Mr. SpeakerI am sorry if that is so, and I must inform the hon. Member now.
§ Mr. FrankelAm I to understand that your last remark is to inform me, and that that is the proper way in which I ought to be told that my question ought to be put down?
§ Mr. SpeakerThe hon. Member must not take it that I am in any way discourteous. It is the proper procedure; it is the procedure to take when a question is not accepted as a private notice question.
§ Mr. FrankelMight I not have been informed earlier than a minute or two ago that the question was not accepted by yourself?
§ Mr. SpeakerI do not know the reason why the hon. Member did not receive my letter to inform him, and I cannot say anything now except that I am very sorry.