§ Mr. CormackAs a result of the Lord President's answer to Question No. 2 to the Prime Minister, Mr. Speaker, I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 9, to discuss a specific matter of public importance that should have urgent consideration; namely,
the decision of the Prime Minister to meet the TUC to discuss the question of the Shrewsbury pickets ".I suggest that this matter is self-evidently specific and that it is equally self-evidently a matter of the gravest public importance because it raises extremely vital constitutional issues, such as the discussion of matters, which should more properly be the concern of the judiciary and which have indeed been settled in a court of law, between a privileged and selected group of people and the Prime Minister of this country.I apologise, Mr. Speaker, for not giving you notice earlier, but obviously I could not because we have only just had the answer. I hope that you will grant this request.
§ Mr. SpeakerObviously, the request is made at very short notice and without notice to me, but it does not come anywhere near getting within the terms of Standing Order No. 9. My answer is "No".