§ Mr. ViantI beg to give notice that on Friday, 20th June, I shall call attention to the need for further measures to improve road safety and move a Resolution.
§ Mr. SpeakerMr. Ivor Owen Thomas.
§ Mr. PannellOn a point of order. Despite the protests on this side of the House, Standing Committee A has been summoned to meet at 4 o'clock and the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mr. I. O. Thomas) has taken himself to that Committee. He consulted me before he went there. I have remained behind in the Chamber to raise this point, since we are both Members of Standing Committee A. I submit with respect that a Member who absents himself from this Chamber to pursue his duties elsewhere in the House should not be disadvantaged. May I ask for your guidance, Mr. Speaker.
§ Mr. SpeakerThe rule is clear. If an hon. Member is absent from the Chamber 1372 when the Ballot is taking place he must depute another Member to speak in his place; but unless he has done so no other hon. Member can do it.
§ Mr. PannellIn the name of my hon. Friend the Member for The Wrekin, I beg to give notice that on Friday, 20th June, he will call attention to the present state of the education services of the country in relation to the promises made in the Act of 1944, and move a Resolution.
§ Mr. SpeakerI must ask the hon. Member if he has been deputed by the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mr. I. O. Thomas)?
§ Mr. PannellI have not been deputed, Sir, but I would submit to you respectfully that in these circumstances I might reasonably be allowed to give notice on behalf of my hon. Friend.
§ Mr. SpeakerThe rule is quite clear. Unless the hon. Member has been expressly authorised by the hon. Member who is absent, I must ask for another name to be called.