§ Sir C. TaylorOn a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration, namely,
the increase in building societies' rates of interest, due to no fault of their own but to Government actions, affecting every 52 house buyer in the country in receipt of a mortgage from building societies ".I apologise for not having given you prior warning, Mr. Speaker, but I did not know what the Answer to the Private Notice Question would be.
§ Mr. SpeakerI should point out that no hon. Member is compelled to inform Mr. Speaker in advance that he intends to seek an Adjournment debate under Standing Order No. 9, but it is, however, convenient if Mr. Speaker does know in advance. It helps him when he is considering what, after all, is always a very important decision.
The hon. Member for Eastbourne (Sir C. Taylor) asks leave to move the Adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that he thinks should have urgent consideration, namely,
the increase in building societies' rates of interest, due to no fault of their own but to Government actions, affecting every house buyer in the country in receipt of a mortgage from building societies".I have given careful consideration to all that has taken place here this afternoon—to the Minister's statement and to the hon. Gentleman's argument—but I have to rule that his submission does not fall within the provisions of the revised Standing Order and I cannot, therefore, submit his application to the House.