Speeches by Ghani.

“Let me just give colleagues a bit of guidance: if you are going to mention another Member in the Chamber, the protocol is to let them know in advance.”

“I call David Williams, who is permitted to leave early so that he can deal with his cough.”

“Order. Those on the Liberal Democrat Front Bench know that they have two minutes, not two minutes and 50 seconds or three minutes and 10 seconds.”

“Order. We definitely need to speed things up or colleagues will not be able to get in.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. I can see Members reviewing their questions; please keep them short.”

“I call the Chair of the Transport Committee.”

“Can we have super-short questions and super-sharp answers? I call Sarah Edwards.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. I call Lewis Cocking.”

“Order. The speaking limit is now three minutes.”

“I do not doubt that the matter is indeed serious, but it is not a point of order or a matter for the Chair, whose powers do not extend to Staffordshire county council. The hon. Member has nonetheless got his very important matter on the record.”

“I call Mark Sewards for the final question.”

“Order. We do not need chuntering from the Back Benches, and I can determine whether the House has or has not been misled.”

“Order. No “yous”—it is not me responding.”

“Order. The time limit has now dropped to four minutes.”

“Order. Just to make sure that the hon. Member does not make a further mistake, I remind her not to mention colleagues by their first name.”

“Order. To ensure that everyone is able to contribute to the debate, there will be a speaking time limit of eight minutes to begin with, but it will come down further.”

“Order. For colleagues’ information, I should say that I intend to take everybody, but how long that will take depends on the length of the questions; we could be here for quite some time. Can questions and answers please be short?”