Speeches by Ghani.

“I will give Front Benchers a heads-up: we are not going to have a huge amount of time, so please edit your speeches accordingly.”

“Order. You mean “the hon. Member”, not “you”—I do not need to go anywhere. I ask the hon. Member please to wrap up as soon as he can, because we have many speeches to get in.”

“I call the Chair of the Defence Committee.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Back Benchers now have a time limit of two and a half minutes.”

“Order.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“That is the end of the Back-Bench contributions, so we now come to the Front Benchers. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I thank the right hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order, which, as he knows, is not a matter for the Chair. He may wish to consult the Table Office on means of pursuing his concerns further.”

“Order. I know the Minister is new to the Dispatch Box, but no “you” and “yours” because it is not my story. To help, she must look into the microphone and speak through the Chair.”

“I call the Father of the House.”

“It now gives me huge pleasure to invite the new MP for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry to make her maiden speech. I call Lara Bird.”

“I will be paying close attention to these answers.”

“I call the Chair of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.”

“We now come to the Front Benchers. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson—are we ready?”

“Order. The hon. Member has been here throughout the debate.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Marvellous. The Floor is yours.”

“Mr Brickell, I was not sure if you were going to swap seats again. Are you comfortable where you are?”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”