On a point of order, Presiding Officer.
Mr Sheridan has just beaten you to it, Mr Morgan.
The rules on the honesty of ministers in the chamber are stated clearly at paragraph 1.1(c) of the ministerial code. Presiding Officer, if you are not responsible for the enforcement of the ministerial code in relation to my accusation that the Minister for Finance and Public Services seriously misled Parliament during his ministerial statement of 17 December, who is?
The First Minister.
On a more constructive point of order, Presiding Officer. At question time today, three questions were on almost identical topics—the council tax—and similar situations have arisen before. Is it within your power to group such questions together, as happens in another place? If not, are you prepared to remit the matter to the Procedures Committee to allow it to come up with a solution?
That is a perfectly reasonable point. I spoke to the members involved to ask them whether they were prepared to group the questions, but not all of them were prepared to do so. It would be reasonable for the Procedures Committee to consider the matter. I am sympathetic to your suggestion, Mr Morgan.
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