§ Mr. SpeakerI have a personal statement to make.
In a clash between the hon. Lady the Member for Rochester and Chatham (Mrs. Anne Kerr) and myself on Tuesday night, the Chair had to call her to order several times. One such reproof, at column 1113 in HANSARD, has caused the hon. Lady distress. I very much regret this. The words which I used might suggest that the hon. Lady is unladylike. I never intended, of course, to imply that, and I unreservedly withdraw those words.
§ Mrs. Anne KerrMay I thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, for that most gracious statement?