HC Deb 08 April 1981 vol 2 c954
Mr. John Home Robertson (Berwick and East Lothian)

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. During the course of Question Time the hon. Member for Edinburgh, South (Mr. Ancram) and subsequently the hon. Member for Perth and East Perthshire (Mr. Walker) accused members of the Labour Party, both inside and outside the House, of anti-semitism. In the absence of any evidence to support such an outrageous slur, can you offer, Mr. Speaker, any protection to my right hon. and hon. Friends against such outbursts from Conservative Members?

Mr. Speaker

I was not aware of any such charge against any hon. Member in the House. As I understood it, it was a reference to others outside the House and was something to do with one of the cities in the North.

Dr. M. S. Miller (East Kilbride)

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Is not it a case of "methinks the gentlemen doth protest too much"?