§ Order for Second reading read.
§ Dr. Julian LewisOn a point of order, Mr. Deputy speaker. Is there any way in which I can show for the record that a Government Whip has just blocked a Bill that was modelled on another that arose out of the terrible Fred West murders case?
§ Claire ward (Watford)On a point of order Mr. Deputy speaker. Is there any way in which I can place o the record the fact that the points of order made by Opposition Members today are a pantomime, given that when they were in government they objected to 640 private Members' Bills in exactly the same way? The right hon. Member for Bromley and Chrislehurst (Mr. Forth), who is on the Opposition Front Bench, has a considerable record of many years of objecting to private Members' Bills.
§ Mr. Jonathan Sayeed (Mid-Bedfordshire)On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Would you confirm that Opposition Members and Labour Members have been consistently trying to get the Home Energy Conservation (No. 2) Bill through all its stages during this Session? The Government have gone against the sovereign will of Parliament.
Mr. Deputy SpeakerWe must not get involved in debate on particular measures. The official record shows precisely what has happened throughout this Session.