I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. I just wanted to explain that 4.30 pm on a Monday is the slot that is allocated every week, so there is not a lot of scope for flexibility. The Petitions Committee meets in private, but one of the questions that we often ask about Brexit petitions is whether, because we debate the matter so often in the House, we are just duplicating debates. We try to give people a voice as much as we can, but I take his point.
Leaving the EU
Proceeding contribution from
Paul Scully
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 14 January 2019.
It occurred during e-petition debate on Leaving the EU.
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