§ Mr. Peter Thurnham (Bolton, North-East)On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 20.
§ Mr. SpeakerI cannot hear the hon. Member's motion. He has not submitted it to me. I must have a motion submitted to me by 12 noon.
§ Mr. ThurnhamMy constituents have been——
§ Mr. SpeakerIs it the same application about which the hon. Member has been to see me?
§ Mr. ThurnhamIndeed. I had a meeting with the chairman of the health authority today and he thoroughly refutes allegations about cancellations of operations in the north-west.
§ Mr. SpeakerBut I must have the motion submitted to me. I cannot take it without notice. We must move on.
§ Mr. Thurnhamrose——
§ Mr. SpeakerOrder. The hon. Gentleman came to see me. I will not say what discussions passed between us, but he knows that I must have such applications by noon. I cannot hear his application without having seen it.
§ Mr. ThurnhamI submitted my application before noon.
§ Mr. SpeakerI told the hon. Gentleman when he came to see me that his application was out of order. I cannot accept another one unless I have seen it.
§ Mr. ThurnhamSince seeing you, Mr. Speaker, I have consulted "Erskine May".
§ Mr. SpeakerThe hon. Gentleman may have done so, but he has not consulted me, and that is important.
§ Mr. Andrew Faulds (Warley, East)On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. It is quite clear that the brilliance of the lamps that were introduced for the convenience of the television transmitters has been increased since we last met. Are you aware that it is now really quite uncomfortable to try to maintain a view of the Conservative Benches, not only because of the composi-tion but because of the brilliance of the lights? Will it be possible to have them turned down while live transmissions of the House are not going on? If not, some of us will have to contemplate wearing dark glasses in this place.
§ Mr. SpeakerI came to see the new lights when they were put up, and I actually took the precaution of sitting in the hon. Gentleman's seat to see whether they might possibly distract him. I came to the conclusion that they were not troublesome to hon. Members sitting on the Back Benches. We must now move on.
§ Mr. ThurnhamFurther to my point of order, Mr. Speaker.
§ Mr. SpeakerI must say to the hon. Gentleman quite bluntly that I am sorry but I am not hearing his point of order.
§ Mr. ThurnhamMay I refer you to——
§ Mr. SpeakerNo. I cannot hear the motion today.