Speeches by Hoyle.

“Does the Minister want to respond?”

“That completes questions to the Secretary of State. Before we come to questions to the Solicitor General, I note that the Fordingbridge rape cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal. The matter is therefore sub judice. I am granting a limited waiver so that the case can be discussed, but Members should not specu…”

“Order. For future reference, you are meant to refer to MPs by their constituency, not their name, but not to worry.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Solicitor General.”

“I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“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…”

“I call the shadow spokesperson.”

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

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“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…”

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

“I call the leader of the Liberal Democrats.”

“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.”

“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.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“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…”