§ Mr. Leslie HuckfieldOn 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 need for urgent Government action to secure the closure forthwith of the West Midlands Gas Board plant at Saltley on account of undue provocation of pickets and the unfair burden placed on the police.This plant is one of the most important in the Midlands.
§ Mr. SpeakerThe hon. Member for Nuneaton (Mr. Leslie Huckfield) has asked leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9, for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that he thinks should have urgent consideration; namely,
the need for urgent Government action to secure the closure forthwith of the West Midlands Gas Board plant at Saltley on account of undue provocation of pickets and the unfair burden placed on the police.In view of the exchanges today I confess frankly that I feel myself placed in a very difficult position; and I shall not rule on this today. In other words, I cannot accept this application today.
§ Mr. C. PannellMr. Speaker, will your opinion tomorrow be conditioned at all by the fact that the Home Secretary will have got to his feet and gone into his Department and acted for once in a most sensible manner?