§ The Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons (Mr. Richard Crossman)With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a short business statement.
As the House will have seen from the Order Paper, a Bill for the Control of Liquid Fuel is being presented today.
Because of its urgency, we shall ask the House to consider the Second Reading of the Bill after the Middle East debate on Thursday of this week.
§ Sir G. NabarroWill the Leader of the House recognise at once that the 1572 proliferation of Questions this afternoon to the Minister of Power demonstrated that in every part of the House it was regarded as impossible to consider or debate this matter without the Minister's detailed statement of fuel policy? When is that to come before the House?
§ Mr. CrossmanI do not think that the issues raised by the Bill are related to fuel policy, and I am sure that, if he will wait, the hon. Gentleman will see that they are not.