Speeches by Nokes.

“I call Neil Duncan-Jordan to make his maiden speech.”

“Order. I now have to call the Front Benchers.”

“Not mine; those of the hon. Lady.”

“I call the Minister.”

“I call the Minister, Emma Hardy.”

“I call Dr Lauren Sullivan to make her maiden speech.”

“I call Johanna Baxter to make her maiden speech.”

“I call Sam Carling to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Emily Darlington to make her maiden speech.”

“I would like to call the Front-Benchers at 20 minutes to 7. That gives us time to get in John Slinger for his maiden speech.”

“I call Al Carns to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Peter Swallow to make his maiden speech.”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Hexham (Joe Morris). I thank him for his full tribute to his predecessor, Guy Opperman, who was loved on both sides of the House. Very early in my political career, in 1999, when I was first elected as a councillor, my dad told me that nothing in politics is quite as vexed…”

“Absolutely. Infrastructure is key to making new developments work, but we need to take communities along with us, and to work hand in hand with them. In the debate, we have heard about villages up and down the country; they are the heart of our rural communities. Many villages in Romsey and Southampton North have worke…”

“It is a delight to see you back in the Chair, Mr Speaker. There were many sub-postmasters and mistresses who were not convicted, but who are seriously out of pocket due to the shortfalls that they themselves made up and deeply traumatised by the experience that they went through. Can the Minister provide reassurance th…”

“Immediately prior to Dissolution, the excellent Backbench Business Committee had granted a debate in the Chamber to discuss the performance of Southern Water. I know that the right hon. Lady will want to respond about sewage, but in fact the debate was to be about its failure to deliver clean water to significant parts…”