Speeches by Nokes.

“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?”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“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.”

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

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

“I call Jim Shannon.”

“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 the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Chair of the Select Committee.”

“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.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“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…”