Speeches by Nokes.

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I thank the Security Minister for his statement.”

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

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order.”

“Order.”

“I am imposing an immediate four-minute time limit.”

“Order. The hon. Gentleman knows better than to use the word “you” in those circumstances.”

“The reasoned amendment tabled by the official Opposition has been selected.”

“Order. I call Andy McDonald.”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. He is of course right, and were Members to refer to the guide on courtesies and behaviours in the House, they would find advice on whether questions, and indeed interventions, should be read, particularly from telephones.”

“Order. The hon. Lady has an important ten-minute rule motion, and there are far too many private conversations preventing me—let alone the rest of the House— from hearing her comments.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. I think that he has raised two points. As we heard in an earlier point of order, the combination of statements does not help, and those on the Treasury Bench will have heard my comments about that; it is a matter for the Government when they decide to schedule statements,…”

“I thank the hon. Lady for giving advance notice of her point of order. She has corrected the record, as she did this time last week, and I hope she will not see this as a regular method and opportunity to reiterate her political points.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. He is right to say that written questions are an important way in which Members may hold the Government to account. As he will have heard me say earlier, Ministers themselves are responsible for the timeliness of their responses, but I hope that those on the Treasury Benc…”

“I call the Father of the House.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

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

“I think we all appreciate that, but I urge Members to keep their language acceptable in the House.”

“Before I call the first Back-Bench contribution, may I remind Members that in order to expect to be called to speak in response to a statement, they should have been here from the start of the Home Secretary’s statement? There may be Members bobbing quite unnecessarily.”