Speeches by Nokes.

“Order. We are not having a debate on hereditary Members of the House of Lords. We are debating the Lords message on amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.”

“Order. We are not debating hereditary peers; we are debating the amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I will make the same entreaty that I made in the last debate. If hon. Members are going to criticise other hon. Members of this House, they should have informed them in advance; I trust that the hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead (Mr Bailey) did so in relation to the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage). I call John…”

“There are six Members bobbing and I will be calling the Front Bench spokespeople at 4.30pm, so the guideline is seven minutes each.”

“Order. There will be a formal four-minute time limit on speeches.”

“I call James MacCleary, who will speak for up to 15 minutes.”

“Order. I remind hon. Members that if they are going to refer to other hon. Members in the House and criticise them, they should have informed them beforehand.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“That brings us to the Front-Bench contributions.”

“I call Julie Minns, to make what I think is a birthday contribution.”

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

“Order. It would be very helpful if Members could keep their contributions to around five minutes or less. That will enable me to get everybody in.”

“Order. May I respectfully remind the hon. Member that comments need to be about what is in the substantive motion and not wider matters?”

“Order. We do not refer to Members by name.”

“Order. The hon. Member knows better than to refer to Members by name.”

“Before I call the shadow Chancellor to move the motion, I remind Members that, as “Erskine May” says: “Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language. Parliamentary language is never more desirable than when a Member is canvassing the opinions and conduct of their opponents in debate.” The…”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving notice of his point of order. While the Chair is not responsible for the content of contributions made by Ministers, I am sure that those on the Treasury Bench have heard his comments this afternoon and, if an error has been made, I am sure it will be corrected as soon as possible.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“Order. There will be an immediate five-minute limit on Back-Bench speeches. I now call the shadow Secretary of State.”