HC Deb 23 February 1979 vol 963 c768
Mr. Speaker

By leave of the House, I shall put together the three motions relating to statutory instruments.

Ordered,

That the Materials and Articles in Contact with Food Regulations 1978 (S.I., 1978, No. 1927) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c. That the General Medical Council (Review Board for Overseas Qualified Practitioners Rules) Order of Council 1979 (S.I., 1979, No. 29) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c. That the General Medical Council (Constitution) Order 1979 (S.I., 1979, No. 112) be referred to a Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments, &c.—[Mr. Foot.]
Mr. Speaker

The Clerk will now proceed to read the Orders of the Day.

Mr. Higgins

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. It has been widely reported in the press that the Chief Secretary to the Treasury will be making a statement to-ay on cash limits. As we are about to go into recess, may I ask whether you have received a request from the right hon. Gentleman to make a statement?

Mr. Speaker

I read the same report; but there is a big difference between reading a report and receiving a request, and I have had no request from the Chief Secretary.