§ Mr. SpeakerI have a brief statement to make.
Yesterday, during Question Time, when there was a lot of noise, I asked the Home Secretary to paraphrase words used earlier this Session by the right hon. Member for Stepney and Poplar (Mr. Shore).
On reflection, I realise that my action was not in accordance with the practice of the House. The rules governing the reading out of material and quotations from speeches at Question Time apply to supplementary questions only, but certainly not to ministerial replies.
I hope that hon. Members on the Government Front Bench will convey my statement to the Home Secretary, with appropriate expressions of regard.