division_name: Backbench Business &#8212; Ministerial Statements
motion: <p class="" pid="a.38.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.38.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House expects Ministers to make all important announcements relating to government policy to Parliament before they are made elsewhere on all occasions when Parliament is sitting; considers that information which forms all or part of such announcements should not be released to the press before such a statement is made to Parliament, as recommended in the First Report from the Procedure Committee, on Ministerial Statements, HC 602; and further considers that hon. Members who believe the protocol has been breached should first report this to the Speaker for his judgment and that in the case of a minor breach the Speaker may take appropriate steps but in more serious or more complex cases he would refer the matter to the Committee on Standards and Privileges for further investigation.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.77.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.77.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.77.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 119, Noes 228.</p>