Speeches by Nokes.

“Order. Even if the right hon. Gentleman is quoting from a newspaper, I would prefer it if he did not use the Chancellor’s name.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. If I am going to get every Member in—and I would very much like to do so—interventions must be short.”

“We now have a three-minute limit.”

“Order. Interventions really do have to be brief. A lot of Members still wish to get in, and we are on a very tight time limit. The hon. Lady has already earned an additional minute of injury time, and I regret that I will not get all Members in if we continue to have long interventions.”

“Before I call the Whip to move the motion for the Adjournment, I remind the House that although there are currently no live proceedings before the courts, there is still the potential for further civil or criminal proceedings. Members will therefore wish to take care to avoid saying anything that could prejudice any ca…”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. I call Dave Robertson.”

“Order. There is a time limit.”

“Order. I am going to allow the shadow Minister to finish, but I will hear him. He is perfectly within his rights if he chooses not to give way.”

“Order. The shadow Minister will know that I did not flush away any child’s life chances. Perhaps he is bringing his remarks to a conclusion.”

“Division off. Question agreed to.”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving notice of her point of order. I am sure she will have notified the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) that she intended to raise the matter with us. As she will know, the Chair is not responsible for the content of contributions made either in debates or from a sedentary position,…”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the shadow Minister to wind up.”

“Order. I am just going to make the point to Members that interventions are getting very long. We have some hours to conclude this debate, so if Members wish to make a full contribution, they will be able to do so, rather than simply making an intervention.”

“Order. The hon. Lady might not have been here to hear my earlier comment. There is plenty of time for Members to make speeches if they so choose—this debate does not need to conclude until 7.30 pm—but we really must not have prepared speeches read out disguised as interventions.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call Mike Martin to wind up.”

“I thank the Home Secretary for her statement. Apologies to hon. Members who did not get in, but we have two further items of business.”