§ Mr. Secretary Walker, supported by Mr. Secretary Waddington, Mr. Wyn Roberts and Mr. Ian Grist, presented a Bill to provide for the islands of Caldey and St. Margaret's in the county of Dyfed to be included in the district of South Pembrokeshire for the purposes of local, parliamentary and European elections and for the purposes of local taxation; to include those islands in the districts of the Pembrokeshire coroner and the Pembrokeshire Health Authority; and for connected purposes: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 7.]
§ Mr. James LamondOn a point of order, Mr. Speaker.
§ Mr. SpeakerIs it a different point of order?
§ Mr. LamondYes, Mr. Speaker. I have had to wait a long time to raise this matter, Mr. Speaker, but I had hoped to catch your eye. My point of order relates to the motion on today's Order Paper in the name of the Chairman of Ways and Means. I am a little anxious because I notice that 18 private Bills have been taken together in that motion and that one single objection at 2.30 pm has meant that they have all been deferred. I admit immediately that I am interested in the Bill relating to Greater Manchester. I wonder whether what seems to be a new procedure is to continue. I do not mind hon. Members objecting to one or other of the Bills, but I do not know why I should have to suffer their objecting to the one in which I am interested so that they can object to the others.
§ Mr. SpeakerThe hon. Gentleman is objecting to a procedure. The Chairman of Ways and Means has sought to carry over—
§ Mr. SkinnerNot carry over.
§ Mr. SpeakerRevive.
§ Mr. SkinnerThat is the word.
§ Mr. SpeakerI thank the hon. Member for Bolsover (Mr. Skinner). As the House knows, the Chairman of Ways and Means has sought to revive the Bills that did not succeed in the last Session.—[Interruption.] Because he has tabled them in that way. I imagine that, in the end, we may have to debate the whole issue.
§ Mr. James LamondFurther to that point of order, Mr. Speaker. I am sorry to delay the House, but this is important. I know that the Bills must be revived or they will fall, but why are 18 of them grouped together? If anyone objects to one of those 18, they all fall. I do not mind the other 17 falling, but I mind if the one relating to Greater Manchester falls.
§ Mr. SpeakerOther hon. Gentlemen may feel the same way. I know that the hon. Gentleman is a member of the Chairman's Panel. I suggest that he consults the Chairman of Ways and Means, who will be able to tell him the answer, because I cannot.