Those on the Treasury Bench have heard his comments and may relay them to Ministers at the Foreign Office. You may not be aware that many hon. Members are stuck on British Rail trains and cannot get into London in time to attend Question Time. Many Members from the north of England, including me, have missed Question Times because of Railtrack and the rail operators. Gentleman and myself, but there are telephones on railway stations and on trains.
Members withdraw their questions at the last moment because they are in exactly that position.
I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Three hundred and nine years ago, Parliament enacted the 1689 Bill of Rights. That Bill delineated the relationship between Parliament, the Crown and the courts. It was a foundation stone of representative government, curbing unelected power and establishing a constitutional monarchy. One reflection of that is in the mutual respect shown by Her Majesty and the House.