§ Mr. Sydney SilvermanOn a point of Order. I should like to ask your guidance, Mr. Speaker, on a matter which I think is of concern to the House. I sought yesterday to get——
§ Mr. SpeakerI understand that the hon. Member wishes to raise the question of the Royal Prerogative and, if so, I must inform him that that is not in Order as a point of Order. It is definitely laid down that no question can be asked about it. I have been once bitten and, therefore, I am twice shy, and I must tell the hon. Member that I cannot accept his point as a point of Order.
§ Mr. SilvermanI wished to ask your guidance, Sir, on whether there was any method by which a Member of this House may seek to exact from a Minister of the Crown his responsibility to the House in a matter in which he has been repeatedly held to be responsible in the past?
§ Mr. SpeakerThere is no method by which any Minister can be questioned as to the advice which he may give, in secret, to the Crown. There is no way of raising that before the House. I must therefore direct that the hon. Member cannot raise that as a point of Order. The custom is well known. I have had all this bother before, and it must not be raised again.