alison thewliss, won't voters be slightly puzzled how a single mp using one word can block a law thatnk is quite a good idea? it is a pretty arcane bit of procedure but the house is famous for these kinds of things, i suppose, and they are slightly different rules for private members' bills than the rest of legislation. but it is hugely unfair when there has been a debate had and there is broad agreement that the bill should be supported that one single member can object, and this is not the first time that this has happened. no, it's not. peter walker, christopher chope‘s point is that these new laws are not getting any scrutiny, and therefore they shouldn't be approved at this stage without some sort of debate. that is the point he always makes and he always stresses that he doesn't disagree with the bills he blocks, in this case he says he thinks this bill is a good thing, but the way it works is that the second reading isjust basically read out and that is it, and he thinks there should be scrutiny for a private members' bill at that point. others would say there is plenty of oppo