HC Deb 15 January 1988 vol 125 c638

Order for Second Reading read.

Hon. Members

Object.

Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Harold Walker)

Second Reading what day? No day named. [Interruption.] Order. Hon. Members who are leaving the Chamber should do so quickly and quietly, because there is still business to discuss.

Mr. Andrew Faulds (Warley, East)

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Because of the noise, I did not hear you read the title of my Bill. Is it possible to repeat it?

Mr. Deputy Speaker

The hon. Member did not hear me read the title of the Bill, no doubt for two reasons, the first being that I did not read it; the Clerk did. In any case, objection was taken. Does the hon. Member wish to give a date for Second Reading?

Mr. Faulds

I should like to give a date, if that can be chosen. If the Bill has been objected to, what is the procedure?

Mr. Tony Banks (Newham, North-West)

You give another date, you fool.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Order. The hon. Member gives another date. If he wishes to do that, will he kindly do so now, so that we can proceed? Second reading what day?

Mr. Banks

Tomorrow, Sir. Mr. Faulds: Tomorrow, Sir.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

Did I hear the hon. Member say Friday next?

Mr. Faulds

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. It is difficult to proceed with the proper business when on my right I have a young colleague who has diarrhoeic loquaciousness on every occasion and when there is such a hubbub in the rest of the House that I cannot hear what is happening. I should like to pursue the Bill on the first convenient date available.

Second Reading deferred till Friday next.