HC Deb 27 January 1989 vol 145 c1364

Order for Second Reading read.

Hon. Members

Object.

Second Reading deferred till Friday 3 February.

Mr. Peter Hardy (Wentworth)

On a point of order. Madam Deputy Speaker. I hesitated because I did not hear an objection taken, nor did my hon. Friends. It would be rather nice to find out who objected.

Madam Deputy Speaker (Miss Betty Boothroyd)

I understand the hon. Gentleman's anxiety, but I can assure him that more than one voice was raised in objection to his Bill.

Mr. Jeremy Corbyn (Islington, North)

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I understand that you heard objections raised to my hon. Friend's excellent Bill. May we be assured that none of the people who objected to his Bill to protect headgerows has a vested interest by virtue of his owning a large amount of farmland?

Madam Deputy Speaker

That is not a question for the chair.