§ Mr. Andrew Faulds (Warley, East)On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I raise this matter as a Scot and am not referring adversely to the fact that we had a prolonged period on a Scottish question—35 minutes, I believe. We then had an infinitely shorter time — about 20 minutes—on a much more major issue. I am sorry to have to say this so bluntly, but I question your judgment in regard to the times alloted to the two issues.
§ Mr. SpeakerI was about to say, "I can shoot the hon. Member down", but perhaps I shall refine that and say that we started the private notice question at 3.33 pm. There were points of order before we got on to it. We then went on to the Foreign Secretary's statement at 3.53 pm, so we have had a good 40 minutes on the statement. In view of the business before the House, I do not think that that is at all unreasonable.