Speeches by Nokes.

“Order. I am not going to admonish the hon. Member for using the word “you”, but, Sir Bernard, you have now spoken for longer than both Front Benchers put together, and many other Members wish to get in.”

“With the reminder that there is no formal time limit, and if we wish to get in as many Members as possible, could Members please constrain themselves to about eight minutes?”

“Order. Interventions will have to be short in this debate because many Members wish to speak, so perhaps that is enough.”

“I call the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee.”

“I call Blair McDougall to wind up.”

“I call the Liberal Democrats spokesperson.”

“To make her maiden speech, I call Samantha Niblett.”

“Order. I remind the right hon. Gentleman, and indeed all other Members, that this is, specifically, a Finance Bill Second Reading debate. We are not having a general debate on the Budget.”

“Order. I am going to make the request that I have made at least twice—this could be third time or the fourth. Please can Members debate the Finance Bill’s Second Reading, which is what we have on the Order Paper this afternoon? This is not a general debate on the Budget. We debated the Budget several weeks ago and we c…”

“Order. The hon. Lady should sit when I am on my feet. This needs to be a debate about the Finance Bill, not other matters, and certainly not a general debate on the Budget again.”

“Order. The right hon. Member will know full well that it is for me to decide if the hon. Lady’s intervention is too long.”

“Order. The hon. Gentleman was in the Chamber when I asked Members to return to debating the Finance Bill, rather than the rather context of the Budget.”

“Order. I call the Secretary of State.”

“I call Llinos Medi.”

“This statement will run until 3 o’clock, so short questions and short answers would be very helpful.”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. He is absolutely correct when he says that I am not responsible for the content of Ministers’ answers; nor indeed am I for their responses to correspondence from hon. Members. However, I must say that all hon. Members are entitled to expect timel…”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“Order.”