Speeches by Lewell.

“Good morning, Dr Johnson. Just staying on the theme of homeland and national defence plans, is there one in existence at the moment? Do we have a national homeland defence plan?”

“If we have a national defence plan that is not getting published and no one sees it, what is the point? How can people get behind it?”

“Is it harder to work with the primes or with the MoD? Dr McGibbon, is there any other Government Department that you work with that is better at this than the MoD? Dr McGibbon: Oh dear, the answer to this is going to get me in trouble.”

“South Shields will be the 15th most negatively impacted constituency if the Government’s proposed welfare changes go ahead, yet there are no in-person consultation events in the north-east at all. Can my right hon. Friend please rectify that?”

“1. What steps he is taking to consult the public on reforms to the water sector.”

“I echo the Secretary of State’s initial comments. South Shields has a long-standing problem with sewage being dumped in the sea at Whitburn. Just this week, Little Haven beach was handed a brown flag, and myself and local campaigners are completely fed up. The Environment Agency, Ofwat, Northumbrian Water, the council …”

“I will call the Member in charge of the debate to move the motion and then I will call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may only make a speech with prior permission from the Member in charge and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the conven…”

“I remind Members that this debate will run until five past 6. I will be calling the Front Benchers at 5.45 pm, so I ask Members to keep their contributions to five minutes.”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. At Prime Minister’s questions last week, the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) raised the difficult ongoing issue, which my constituents and I have been involved in for a number of years, of Northumbrian Water dumping sewage into the North sea at Whitburn.…”

“indicated assent.”

“Baggy Shanker, you have one minute to wind up.”

“I note that Mr Barclay has removed his jacket, so others are permitted to do so if they wish.”

“Order. I remind Members who wish to speak to make sure that they bob. I am putting a limit of four and a half minutes on all Back-Bench speeches.”

“Order. I do not wish to spoil the hon. Gentleman’s flow, but we use the same conventions in Westminster Hall as in the main Chamber. You should not use the words “you” or “your” unless you are referring to me.”

“I thank all hon. Members who were eagle-eyed enough to spot that my name has changed. The nameplate in front of me is correct and accurate.”

“Morning, both. Professor, I wonder whether you could first share your thoughts with us on how realistic a European peacekeeping force with a US backstop is and what on earth that would look like, because I am not clear.”

“In terms of this deterrence force that you have referred to, do you think that Europe, without the US, has the kit and personnel to provide that? I struggle with the numbers and the actual cold hard reality of whether we have that.”

“I remind Members that if they wish to speak, they should bob in the usual way, as they would in the Chamber. We will need to impose a four-minute time limit to ensure all Members get to speak.”

“I remind the Minister it would be decent of him to leave two minutes at the end for the Member leading the debate to wind up.”

“With a time limit of two minutes, I call Danny Beales.”