Speeches by Hoyle.

“May I informally suggest that we aim for speeches of around six minutes? I call Paul Waugh to provide a good example.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“It is very important, and I think the Leader of the House will make reference to it when we get to business questions—if we get there.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. If Ministers do not want Members to get in, please will they say so, because they are taking all the time from Back Benchers, which is really unfair to them? Back Benchers have put forward their names and come here to ask questions, and Ministers are just enjoying themselves too much.”

“That was a bad example.”

“I call Sarah Pochin—not here.”

“I call the Chair of the Select Committee.”

“Order. If there is so much to say, the Minister should bring forward a statement, or let us have a debate on this very important subject. I do not know how she will explain to MPs that they will not get in, because I am now going to topicals.”

“I call Josh Babarinde for the final question.”

“That completes questions. We will now let the Front Benchers change over.”

“To follow on from what the Leader of the House and the shadow Leader of the House have said, all our prayers and thoughts go to the families of the London-bound aircraft that has crashed. Let us hope there is better news to come on that. I was tempted by the Leader of the House when she talked about the knighthood for …”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee.”

“We have just had the debate!”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. My intention is for business questions to run until around 11.45, so if we can help each other by speeding through, that would be really good. I call Sir Roger Gale to set a good example.”