Just before we come to decision time, I draw members’ attention to what seems to me to be a growing tendency for members not to be present in the chamber to ask their questions at question time. I consider that to be a gross discourtesy to other members. In particular, it is discourteous to those members who want to ask a supplementary, and it is even more discourteous to ministers who are present to answer those questions. I do not think that it is good enough for members to attempt to anticipate when their question might be called and arrive in the chamber accordingly. I expect all members who are due to ask a question to be in the chamber from the start of the relevant question time. We have only six more of them—let us try to get it right.
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