§ Mr. Richard Holt (Langbaurgh)On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. You will recall that last week, possibly on Thursday. you were rudely assailed on many occasions by Opposition Scottish Members during Scottish Question Time because English Members wished to ask questions. Today, six out of the first 11 questions on the Order Paper were tabled by Scottish Members, of whom four did not turn up to ask their questions.
Would it not be in everybody's interest to avoid the unseemly behaviour directed towards you, Mr. Speaker? All the questions tabled by Scottish Members today, as with my question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, could have been automatically transferred elsewhere—in this case to the Scottish Office, to be answered at Scottish Question Time—so that all of us representing English constituencies could get in more often.
§ Mr. SpeakerOrder. Allow me to deal with this. I do not recall being assailed by any Scottish Member. Scottish Members are among the most courteous of hon. Members.