HC Deb 05 October 1944 vol 403 cc1135-6
Mr. Gallacher

On a point of Order. I would like to ask how it is that a Question that I put down to the Home Secretary for to-day has been surreptitiously relegated to the Attorney-General, with the result that it becomes an "also ran"?

Mr. Speaker

I suppose the hon. Member put the Question down to the wrong Minister.

Mr. Gallacher

But is it in keeping with the recognised procedure and courtesies of this House, when a Member puts down a Question to a Minister, whom he desires to answer it, to pass the Question over to a stooge, without any notice to the hon. Member concerned?

Mr. Speaker

I should regret if any lack of courtesy was shown to the hon. Member—it must have been, I am sure, quite unintentional.

Mr. Gallacher

Can I not insist next week on having an answer from the Home Secretary on a matter for which he is responsible?

Mr. Speaker

No, I am afraid not.