Speeches by Nokes.

“Order. With an immediate three-minute limit, I call Andrew Cooper.”

“The hon. Gentleman has repeatedly used the words “you” and “yours” throughout this afternoon’s proceedings. Please can he do better?”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“I thank the Teller for that point of order and for correcting the record. I hereby direct the Clerks to correct the numbers and confirm that the Ayes were 69 and the Noes were 300. Third Reading”

“Order. I wasn’t anywhere, and I have forgotten nothing. Will Members please be careful about the language they use in the Chamber?”

“Order. This debate has to be fair on both sides. I will not have Members referring to the Prime Minister by name.”

“I call Paul Holmes.”

“Order. Before we move on to the next speaker, I remind right hon. and hon. Members that it is not in order to impute false or unavowed motives to any other individual hon. Members in this place.”

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

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I reassure the hon. Gentleman that I have plenty of respect for it.”

“Just to be entirely clear, it was the property rights element of the hon. Member’s contribution that I thought was beyond scope. I think all Members—the House will be conscious that I have not been in the Chair very long—might like to stick to the scope of the amendments and what we are actually debating this afternoon…”

“Order. Mr Wishart, we are debating the amendments, not your vision for the future of the House of Lords. Perhaps you should stick to the amendments.”

“There is now a five-minute time limit.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. After the next speaker, I will reduce the time limit to four minutes. Members might like to think about the length of interventions, or indeed whether interventions are needed at all, given that plenty of colleagues still wish to speak.”

“Order. The interventions are very long. The Minister has now taken longer than the shadow Minister did in opening the debate. I am sure he will bring his remarks to a conclusion very soon.”

“May I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order, and perhaps encourage all Members to ensure that they stay on topic and in scope this afternoon?”

“Order. I remind Members that there are 45 of you wishing to speak. Interventions must be a lot shorter. I am sure the shadow Minister has got the hon. Gentleman’s point.”