Speeches by Nokes.

“I call Dr Marie Tidball to make her maiden speech.”

“I call Lorraine Beavers to make her maiden speech.”

“Order. The hon. Gentleman can sit. He has been here long enough to know that when he says “you”, he is referring to me. I sometimes let it pass when it is new Members who are not quite used to it, but he should know better.”

“I call Kenneth Stevenson to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Imogen Walker to make her maiden speech.”

“Order. I will give an advisory notice: a lot of Members still want to get in, and interventions are cutting into other speakers’ times. The only people who suffer will be you. I am leaving the time limit at three minutes, which could just about get everyone in.”

“Order—[Interruption.] The hon. Lady might like to sit while I am standing. I have previously told Members that interventions should be short and spontaneous. It is not an opportunity to read out a pre-prepared speech. If she wanted to speak in this debate, she could have asked permission from both the Minister and the …”

“Before I call the chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, I inform the House that there will be time limits of three minutes on Back-Bench speeches and six minutes on maiden speeches.”

“Order. Before I call the next speaker, I am going to give some helpful guidance to Members still wishing to speak: interventions are only going to eat up your own time and that of others, and may well see you put to the bottom of the list.”

“I call Ian Roome to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Llinos Medi.”

“I call Martin Wrigley to make his maiden speech.”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for not using all his time. I call Tom Gordon to make his maiden speech.”

“Yes, several times. It is not me; I have never been a Health Minister. I reiterate that interventions will have to be short. I will be imposing a time limit, as we have to hear from an enormous number of Members this afternoon.”

“Order. Before I call the Minister, I must respectfully point out that a huge number of Members wish to speak, and that interventions from Members will only eat up the time available to colleagues and, in some instances, themselves. I call the Minister, Karin Smyth, to move the amendment.”

“Order. Before I call on the shadow Minister to return to the Dispatch Box—”

“I call Claire Hazelgrove to make her maiden speech.”

“The final question is from Olivia Blake.”

“The reasoned amendment in the name of Sir Oliver Dowden has been selected.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”