Speeches by Nokes.

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“Order. Interventions have become far too long. There are many Members in the Chamber who wish to contribute, which the Secretary of State might think about before she takes more interventions.”

“The reasoned amendment in the name of the official Opposition has been selected.”

“That brings us to the Front-Bench spokespeople. I call David Simmonds.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Before I call the Minister, I remind hon. Members that they should avoid referring to any active cases that are currently before the courts.”

“Order. Given that the Minister has just taken 12 minutes, I will be extending the time allowance to the shadow Home Secretary to six minutes and to the spokesperson for the Liberal Democrats to three minutes. I call the shadow Home Secretary.”

“We now come to the Select Committee statement on behalf of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. Alex Sobel will speak for up to 10 minutes, during which no interventions will be taken. At the conclusion of his statement, I will call Members to ask questions on the subject of the statement, which must be brief questions…”

“I call Jim Shannon.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Chair of the Select Committee.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“We now come to the first Select Committee statement on behalf of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee. Dame Chi Onwurah will speak for up to 10 minutes, during which no interventions may be taken. At the conclusion of her statement, I will call Members to ask questions on the subject of the statement. These…”

“Order. That is the fifth time I have heard a phone go off. Silence is golden.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. It might just help Members if I explain that because the debate started early, we have time for them to make speeches without having asked the Member in charge or the Minister for permission to do so. The hon. Member for Stratford and Bow (Uma Kumaran) is right to say that there is an excellent exhibition in the…”

“Order. The right hon. Member has set the tone with his speech length. If all Members could stick to around six minutes, everyone will get in. I call Joe Powell.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. The Chief Secretary is the third Minister or shadow Minister to refer to a colleague by name. It seems to be a bad afternoon for it.”

“Order. I am not sure that the British people were seeking to get rid of me.”