Speeches by Nokes.

“Order. You will all be able to see—and you can all sit down while I am speaking—that a huge number of Members are seeking to catch my eye. For those not making their maiden speech, I intend to introduce a six-minute time limit. That should give those preparing their speeches plenty of time to chop out the extraneous wo…”

“I call Mike Reader to make his maiden speech.”

“I call the Lib Dem spokesperson.”

“I call Becky Gittins to make her maiden speech.”

“I thank the hon. Member for that comment. He will know that that is not a point of order. Would the shadow Secretary of State please proceed?”

“I call Perran Moon to make his maiden speech.”

“Order. We now come to a maiden speech. I call Perran Moon.”

“I call Fred Thomas to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Lauren Edwards to make her maiden speech.”

“I call Sonia Kumar to make her maiden speech.”

“I call Clive Jones to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Jake Richards to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Will Forster to make his maiden speech.”

“I call shadow Minister Nigel Huddleston.”

“I call Lucy Rigby to make her maiden speech.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call Ed Miliband to make a statement on contracts for difference.”

“With this it will be convenient to consider: Clause stand part. Amendment 19, in clause 2, page 2, line 14, at end insert— “(1AA) Before making a direct award of a public service contract to a public sector company under subsection (1A), the relevant franchising authority must provide information to the Office of Rail …”

“I am sure the hon. Gentleman is about to finish.”