Speeches by Ghani.

“Order. I give another reminder to colleagues that questions must be short, as must answers. Otherwise, many colleagues will be disappointed.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. The list of Members wishing to speak is extensive, so I hope that the Minister will be coming to a conclusion shortly.”

“With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 1—Steps to be taken when exercising functions under Part 3— “When exercising any function or fulfilling any duty under Part 3 of this Act, the Secretary of State and Natural England must take all reasonable steps to— (a) avoid, prevent and reduce any …”

“That is the end of the statement. I will allow the Front Benchers a moment to shuffle over.”

“We could have gone faster in the past hour and 10 minutes if the Minister was faster with his answers.”

“More than 55 Back Benchers hope to contribute, and colleagues know what time this debate has to end. It is unlikely that everybody will get in, so colleagues may want to reconsider and submit to speak tomorrow instead of today. I call the Chair of the Select Committee.”

“You just wish to speak at the end—marvellous. [Interruption.]”

“Order. I call Helen Morgan. [Interruption.]”

“Order. We have shy of 30 Members hoping to contribute, so we will have a hard speaking limit of four minutes to begin with.”

“Order.”

“The speaking limit is now three minutes. I call David Mundell.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“We now come to the second Select Committee statement on behalf of the Environmental Audit Committee. Mr Toby Perkins will speak for up to 10 minutes, during which no interventions may be taken. At the conclusion of his statement, I will call Members to ask questions on the subject of the statement. These should be brie…”

“I am personally delighted and looking forward to hosting the Minister in my constituency.”

“I see that two Joshes remain.”

“As the Minister is on a tour, I assume that he will be coming to Sussex Weald shortly.”

“Order. There are 15 colleagues remaining. If you want me to get you all in, work with me and keep your questions short please. I call Yasmin Qureshi.”

“After this, we have two Select Committee statements and two Backbench Business debates. If colleagues do not keep their questions short, they are just denying others the opportunity to speak.”

“Order. I call the Chair of the Education Committee.”