Speeches by Nokes.

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“Order. Before I call the next speaker, I say to the hon. Lady that I know she will not have intended to do so, but she said “you” repeatedly, and it was very unclear whether she was addressing me. I suspect that the last time it was to the Minister.”

“Because of a problem with the Division bells in Portcullis House, I am going to allow an additional minute for this Division.”

“Order.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. Mr Shannon, interventions must be shorter than that. There will be plenty of opportunity to make a contribution, should you so wish, during the debate.”

“To wind up this afternoon’s first debate, I call Lloyd Hatton.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Before I call the shadow Minister, I wish to make a short statement about the House’s sub judice resolution. I understand that several legal cases relating to contaminated blood products have not yet concluded. However, given the public interest in this issue, Mr Speaker has exercised his discretion to allow reference …”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call Michael Payne to make his maiden speech.”

“I call the Chair of the Treasury Committee, Dame Meg Hillier.”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for having given notice of his point of order. As he well knows, the Chair is not responsible for the accuracy of hon. Members’ speeches, but he has put his point on the record and confirmed that he has written to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull East. I am sure that settles the m…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order, and for giving advance notice of it. He will be aware that there is no general rule against Members referring to matters that are devolved to Scotland. There are some restrictions on the tabling of questions on devolved matters, but those restrictions are far from absolut…”

“I call Liberal Democrat spokesperson Daisy Cooper.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Mr Speaker is very disappointed that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has not come to the House in person to update us on last Thursday’s Mansion House speech, which included important new policy announcements on a range of issues, including the consolidation of local government pension funds. I am sure that Members wou…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for coming to the Chamber personally to give that statement.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”