Speeches by Ghani.

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. The hon. Lady is testing the Chair by sitting in a part of the Chamber where she does not normally sit.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“I thank the hon. Member for raising her point of order. Responses to questions are, of course, a matter for the Government rather than the Chair, but paragraph 22.19 of “Erskine May” states: “Questions for written answer are not in order which renew or repeat in substance questions already answered or to which an answe…”

“We got through that in 48 minutes, which is much faster than we hoped. Well done to everybody.”

“I call Dr Jeevun Sandher—I hope it has been worth the wait.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order, which those on the Front Bench will no doubt have heard. The amendments will be available for Members in the usual way after the deadline for tabling has passed—I think he accepts that that has not yet passed. No doubt he has put his point on the record. Discussions betwe…”

“Order. Sixteen Members wish to speak. I do not want to impose a time limit, but if everyone speaks for about eight minutes and monitors their speaking time, everyone will have an equal time in which to speak. Let us try to be mindful.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Father of the House.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“We have about 20 minutes left. Questions need to be shorter, and answers need to be just as short.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. I do not think that Members quite understood what I said earlier. Questions must be short.”

“Order. We have to get through this business quite quickly as we have the Finance (No. 2) Bill later, so I urge the Minister to make his responses as brief as possible. We are focused on calling Members from incredibly close to where the storm was, so if it was nowhere near you, please do not bob.”

“Mr Thomas, you used the word “you” twice. I am not here to respond to your questions.”

“I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving notice that he intended to draw attention to this matter. As he knows, that is not a point of order. He is an experienced Member who serves on the Panel of Chairs, and he does not need any guidance from the Chair on how to take this matter further—no doubt he will pu…”

“Is it a short point of order?”

“I am grateful to the right hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. I take it that he has informed the hon. Member for Wakefield and Rothwell (Simon Lightwood) that he intended to raise the matter in the House.”