HC Deb 15 July 1986 vol 101 cc835-47
Mr. Denzil Davies

On a point of order, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker

It is very unusual to have a point of order at the beginning of Question Time.

Mr. Davies

I merely ask your guidance, Mr. Speaker. I notice that questions Nos. 5 and 13 are to he taken at the end of Question Time, and not in the usual order. I ask you, Mr. Speaker, or the Government Front Bench, the reason for this? If these are run of the mill questions, the answers should be given in the proper place. If the answers are important, why are we not getting a proper statement at the end of Question Time? I ask this question because, on another occasion, the Secretary of State for Defence tried to avoid making a statement on the ordnance factories. We want to know what is going on.

Mr. Speaker

Order. It is a matter for the Government whether questions are taken at the end. It may be that we would not have reached question No. 13.

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  1. Rolls-Royce Aero Engines 404 words
  2. cc836-7
  3. Willsworthy Shooting Range 357 words
  4. c837
  5. South Africa 296 words
  6. cc837-8
  7. Pakistan (Frigates) 615 words
  8. cc838-9
  9. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation 451 words
  10. cc839-40
  11. RAF Cottesmore 181 words
  12. cc840-1
  13. Home Defence 615 words
  14. cc841-3
  15. Services (Premature Voluntary Retirement) 903 words
  16. cc843-4
  17. Defence Projects 452 words
  18. cc844-5
  19. Procurement Policy 649 words
  20. cc845-6
  21. Falkland Islands 269 words
  22. c846
  23. Nimrod Programme 481 words
  24. cc846-7
  25. British Nuclear Test 432 words