Point of Order

16:43:00

Mike Penning (Hemel Hempstead) (Con)
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I apologise for delaying the important debate that is to follow. On 30 April this year, I asked the then Solicitor-General two questions: first, about my concerns about the leniency of sentencing, and secondly, about how many times he had referred matters to the Court of Appeal on that subject. Sadly, according to the Library today—some seven months on—there is still no reply. May I seek your advice, Madam Deputy Speaker, on how I can get an answer to those simple questions?

Madam Deputy Speaker (Sylvia Heal)
I advise the hon. Gentleman that retabling the question would be one method of eliciting a response.