Speeches by Ghani.

“Order. Our constituents want to hear the Chancellor.”

“Order. We do not need commentary from the Back Benches. Mr Dewhirst, you are so loud; it is remarkable how far your voice carries.”

“Order. It is so noisy in here we can barely hear the Chancellor. Everybody needs to calm down.”

“Order. There is far too much noise, far too much excitement. People need to calm down a little.”

“Order. I will remind colleagues that interventions must be short and to the point, and must be an actual question, not a statement.”

“Order. You are a senior Member of the House, and I made it very clear earlier that no interventions should be made on party leaders.”

“I call the leader of the Liberal Democrats.”

“Order. Colleagues are now permitted to make interventions, which a Back Bencher may accept or decline them.”

“Order. How on earth can “you” do that? We cannot start off these four days of Budget debate with the words “you” and “your”. Come to your conclusion quickly and using the right language.”

“I call my constituency neighbour, Mims Davies.”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of her point of order. It is not a point of order for the Chair, but she has most definitely put her point on the record.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“The hon. Member for East Grinstead and Uckfield (Mims Davies) is a strong campaigner on behalf of Uckfield community hospital and its services, which my constituents in Sussex Weald will have used and would want to use, so I too look forward to hearing the Minister’s response.”

“Colleagues who have contributed to the debate should be here for the wind-ups. That is a notice. I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. The time limit for speeches is now three minutes.”

“Please keep questions short. They are not speeches.”

“Order. May I urge hon. Members to make short interventions?”

“I ask colleagues to keep their questions short.”

“With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government new clause 44—Licensing functions of the Mayor of London. New clause 2—Council tax: CAs and CCAs to be subject to same increase as most county and unitary councils— “(1) The Local Government Finance Act 1992 is amended as follows. (2) In section 52ZC,…”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of her point of order. Government Departments must reply promptly to questions; one whole year is very shameful indeed. The delay outlined by the hon. Member would suggest that something has gone seriously wrong in the Treasury in relation to answering this question. I…”