Speeches by Nokes.

“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.”

“I must inform the House that Mr Speaker has not selected any amendment. I call the shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.”

“Before I put the Question, I will just remind the Minister that, like the shadow Minister, he should not be referring to Members by their name in the Chamber but by their constituency. Question put.”

“Order. The right hon. Gentleman will know that that is not a matter for the Chair, and he is seeking to drag me into the debate.”

“Order! May I please urge people to make interventions short and pithy and not pre-prepared and read out.”

“Order. The hon. Gentleman should know that interventions must not be his speech read out at speed.”

“Order. That should have been “the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green”.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the shadow Home Secretary.”

“I call Llinos Medi.”

“Order. I want to get all Members in, so can we please have shorter questions and answers?”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I thank the Home Secretary for her statement this afternoon. I shall allow a few moments for the Front Benchers to swap over.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“We now come to the first of the Select Committee statements. The Chair of the Committee will speak for up to 10 minutes, during which no interventions may be taken. At the conclusion of his statement, I will call Members to ask questions on the subject of the statement—brief questions, not speeches. I emphasise that qu…”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”