On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:52 AM, Mark Goodge <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 2. I'm not all that interested in defence matters - what I want to know > about is how well my MP is performing as a constituency MP, and what he says > in debates rather than merely giving statements on behalf of his department. > This won't really happen. We'll never see David Cameron questioning his Minister of Housing about housing provisions in Witney during oral questions or during an Adjournment debate or a junior Foreign Office minister asking his ministerial colleague in BIS about Further Education in his home constituency. Government ministers speak either in debates on behalf of the government, formally setting out government position, or when they make a statement and take questions on it. They do no longer ask questions or raise matters for Adjournment debates or otherwise speak "independently" in debates - that's the meaning of the strict front-bench / back-bench division in Parliament. Best Michael _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
