Why is the Government choosing to close down Parliament next week? Why, following 14 weeks in recess from July to October, will this House not sit next week? There are important issues to be debated. We must all wait until the following week because Ministers have decided to take a mid-term break. It is not good enough that this House will go into abeyance next week. The Government is treating this place as a doss house. There is a grievance on this side of the House because of the tactic of not introducing legislation in the House and the Government's decision to take this latest mid-term break. It is not right. It is a dumbing down of Parliament to which I have referred previously.