Speeches by Hoyle.

“I call the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.”

“Order. I will gently say that the question was about South East Water. The Minister has opened it up by mentioning other water companies, but it would be more helpful if we could concentrate on the theme. I am going to test that by calling Clive Efford; I think his constituency is covered by Thames Water, but I am sure…”

“I call the leader of the Liberal Democrats.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“We now come to the Leader of the Opposition.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. Mr Brash, this is a very important question, and I want to hear the Prime Minister’s answer. If you want to carry on, go outside please.”

“Before we come to Prime Minister’s questions, I would like to pay tribute to former colleague Lord Alan Haselhurst, who died this week. Although we come from opposite sides of the Pennines, and the aisle, Alan served this House initially as the MP for the old Lancashire seat of Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to 1974…”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow spokesperson.”

“Before we begin questions, I want to congratulate the men’s House of Commons tug of war team, captained by Sir James Cleverly, which yesterday beat the House of Lords team to win the Macmillan cancer tug of war 2026 in aid of that great charity. I was a last-minute addition to the team to ensure its victory. I would al…”

“Points of order come after statements and urgent questions—[Interruption.] You did not ask a question, though—so the point of order can come after the urgent questions.”

“I remind everybody that this urgent question is about South East Water, not other water companies. I am sure that all questions will be linked to that subject.”

“Order. Come on, you’re not playing the game at all. I call the Minister.”

“Order. You get two minutes. [Interruption.] Yes, it is two minutes, and it has always been two minutes. I have not changed the rules. When I grant an urgent question, please stick within the rules. That helps me, because we have said that we will try to adhere to that.”

“I call Ayoub Khan. Not here. I call Sir Julian Smith.”

“I call the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. Please, the urgent question has been granted, and I do not need Opposition Front Benchers thinking that they can shout the Minister down.”