Speeches by Nokes.

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. To give Members an update on my previous announcement, this statement will now run its course, because the Backbench Business debate has been postponed until a future date.”

“Order. Members will be aware that very many of you wish to contribute to this statement. There is another statement to come, and an important debate later. I encourage you to make your questions short.”

“Order. Let me update Members. I will run this statement until 8.15 pm, so questions and answers will need to be very short if everyone is to get in. The second statement will probably last only about 45 minutes.”

“Order. I think we have got the gist. We really need to have shorter questions, or not everyone will get in.”

“I call the Father of the House.”

“Order. The right hon. Lady must get to a question shortly, please.”

“I call the leader of the Liberal Democrats.”

“I call the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.”

“Order. I call Mark Francois.”

“There will have to be an immediate three-minute time limit.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order and for giving notice of it. I remind the House that Members may seek advice on the code of conduct at any time from the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and from the Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests. There will be no further points of order on this issue.”

“I call the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.”

“I call Charlie Maynard on a point of order in connection with the code of conduct, to rectify a failure to declare.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“We now come to the Select Committee statement on behalf of the Backbench Business Committee. Bob Blackman will speak for up to 10 minutes, during which no interventions may be taken. At the conclusion of his statement, I will call Members to ask questions on the subject of the statement; they must be brief questions, n…”

“The hon. Gentleman will know that that is not a matter for the Chair. I am reluctant to allow continuation of debate via the mechanism of points of order, unless the Minister wishes to respond.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“It is simply not a matter for the Chair. It does not pertain to the statement.”

“The right hon. Gentleman is seeking to extend the debate we have just had on a separate matter. He will know that that is not a point of order, and it is not a matter for the Chair whether the MOD is going to bring forward—”