Speeches by Nokes.

“I call Mike Martin to wind up.”

“Order. I am planning to run the statement only until 7 pm, so it might be helpful if we had very short questions and perhaps shorter answers from the Home Secretary.”

“That brings us to the Front-Bench contributors, starting with James MacCleary.”

“I call Dr Caroline Johnson to ask the final question.”

“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.”

“It is the intention to run each of the Backbench Business debates for just an hour and a half, given the time we are left with.”

“Order. Interventions have been far too long. I pointed out at the beginning that only 90 minutes will be allowed for the debate. Perhaps the Member in charge will consider concluding his remarks shortly.”

“I get the opportunity to have the last word. Many Members have mentioned family, and I want to take this opportunity to say merry Christmas to our parliamentary family, making sure we remember our Doorkeepers, the Sergeant at Arms, the Clerks, who keep me in order, and the catering and security people. Godfrey and Marg…”

“Order. It is the Minister who is setting out concerns, not me.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“I call the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. Three times, “you”—it needs to be “he” or “the Minister”, please.”

“Last but by no means least, I call Emma Foody.”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. He has put his concerns on the record, and I am sure that those on the Government Front Bench have been listening to them carefully. If he and his right hon. and hon. Friends have not done so already, I recommend that they make contact with the private of…”

“With this it will be convenient to consider clause 2 stand part. I remind Members that in Committee they should not address the Chair as Madam Deputy Speaker. Please use our names when addressing the Chair. “Madam Chair”, “Chair” and “Madam Chairman” are also acceptable.”

“With this it will be convenient to consider: Clause 2 stand part. New clause 1—Reports on loans or other financial assistance to Ukraine— “(1) The Secretary of State must— (a) prepare reports on the operation of assistance provided in accordance with section 1(a), (b) lay a copy of each report before Parliament. (2) Ea…”

“I remind Members that in Committee, they should not address the Chair as Madam Deputy Speaker. Please use our names when addressing the Chair. “Madam Chair”, “Chair” and “Madam Chairman” are also acceptable. Clause 1 Provision of Loans or other Financial Assistance to Ukraine Question proposed, That the clause stand pa…”

“I will just make the point that I can see that this is very technical and complicated. It might require long answers, but I am not sure it required that level of input from not-Adele.”

“The Minister would be well advised not to sing at the Dispatch Box, but I thank him for his comprehensive responses this afternoon.”