HC Deb 06 May 1969 vol 783 c282
Mr. Speaker

I should like to mention two minor points of order, one of which may seem rather small but which is important.

I wish to correct an inaccurate Ruling that I made yesterday in answer to the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Mr. Powell), which is recorded in HANSARD at column 50, and to rule that it is in order to quote from something previously said in the House when raising a point of order, as distinct from a supplementary question, if, of course, it is a point of order and not a point of argument.

I am grateful to the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-West for calling attention to the error that I made yesterday.

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Mr. Orme

On a point of order. Concerning the reference that you, Mr. Speaker, made previously to the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Mr. Powell), when he raised a point of order arising out of a point of order that I had raised about quoting what a Minister had previously said, may I ask whether it is possible, in retrospect, to get that quotation on the Order Paper?

Mr. Speaker

Order. I will not pursue that point at the moment, because I also said that my Ruling applied to real points of order and not to supplementary questions disguised as points of order.