§ Order for Second Reading read.
§ Second Reading deferred till Friday next.
§ Mr. Bob Cryer (Keighley)On a point of Order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. During the debate earlier today, when I was speaking, you directed the hon. Member for Brent, North (Dr. Boyson) not to speak from a sedentary position. As a comparatively new Member, I am amazed that you should permit other hon. Members to call out "Object" from a sedentary position. I wonder whether it could be made clear to the House which hon. Members, speaking from a sedentary position and without any articulation of 905 reasons, have objected to the Abolition of Tied Cottages Bill, a measure which would have brought relief of suffering to hundreds of people evicted from tied cottages every year.
§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. George Thomas)It is a long established custom and practice in the House for hon. Members to have the right to shout "Object" from a sedentary position only on this sort of question.
§ Mr. Patrick Cormack (Staffordshire, South-West)Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Although a good deal separates the hon. Member for Keighley (Mr. Cryer) and myself, I believe that the submission which he has just made is extremely sensible, and I feel that it would be entirely appropriate if you, with your authority, would consider with Mr. Speaker and the appropriate committees whether there could be a change in this craven procedure which is now part of our custom.
§ Mr. Deputy SpeakerThis is not a matter for me. It is a matter for the House on another occasion.
§ Mr. George Cunningham (Islington, South and Finsbury)Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. May I suggest that nearly every practice of the House which is firmly established and long established is almost certainly wrong?
§ Mr. Deputy SpeakerEveryone is entitled to his own opinion in this place.
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