Speeches by Hoyle.

“I call Alicia Kearns on a point of order. May I just say what a pleasure it is to see you back?”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving me notice of her point of order. I believe that this is a matter for the Attorney General—who is responsible for the CPS—and as he sits in the other place, maybe we will have to use the Solicitor General as a way forward. In this case, I hope that a clear message has gone bac…”

“Order. I am not sure that the Minister has responsibility for matters such as this.”

“I thank the hon. Member for the point of order and for giving notice of it. There are mechanisms for Members to correct the record if they so wish. He has put the matter on the record, but if he wishes to continue, I am sure that the Government Front Benchers will have heard him. Bill Presented Road Traffic (Horse and …”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“May I gently say that the question is about the Mayor of London and police closures? We have allowed a little bit of leeway. Let us see how we go from here and try to stick to the questions before us.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I assume that the hon. Member has given notice to the hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Danny Beales) of his intention to raise this matter?”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Minister—welcome.”

“I have listened carefully to the application from the right hon. Member and am satisfied that the matter raised is proper to be discussed under Standing Order No. 24. I put it to the House. Application agreed to.”

“The right hon. Member has obtained the leave of the House. The debate will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 16 September, as the first item of public business. The debate will last for up to three hours and will arise on a motion that the House has considered the specified matter set out in the right hon. Member’s application…”

“Order. You know the score; you know we have to get through questions. When colleagues do not get in, they will blame the shadow Home Secretary. Please try to help others.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the shadow Home Secretary.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee.”

“Before I call the Minister, I wish to make a brief statement. I found out only this morning that the charges against the two individuals relating to espionage for the Chinese authorities were to be dropped. I do not think that is good. Of course, we do not discuss the detail of security matters relating to Parliament o…”

“I think you have certainly put it on the record. I take seriously the sanctions that have been laid. My worry is that we have foreign state actors who do not believe in democracy, and democracy within this House. We must defend our democracy; we must defend Members of Parliament. I have to say a big thank you to our he…”