Speeches by Ghani.

“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.”

“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.”

“I call my constituency neighbour, Mims Davies.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“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.”

“Marvellous. As we have four more speakers and we definitely have to finish business by 10 pm, Back Benchers are on a speaking limit of 10 minutes.”

“I am trying to calculate the time; I hope that we have more than one speaker bobbing.”

“Order. Ms Berry, if you need some information on how to process procedure, please ask the Clerks or the Chair—you can come to me in a minute. We are speaking to all the amendments. Ms Slade, continue.”

“I call the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.”

“Order. Mr Holmes, before you flick through any more pages, it is obviously very interesting to hear you speak, but over 25 Members are hoping to contribute.”

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

“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,…”

“The previous Minister.”

“I will definitely be paying close attention. I call the shadow Minister.”

“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…”

“Did I hear the hon. Member correctly when she said one whole year?”

“I ask colleagues to keep their questions short.”

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

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”