Speeches by Ghani.

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“That was most definitely Parliament at its best. Question put and agreed to. Bill accordingly read a Second time; to stand committed to a Public Bill Committee (Standing Order No. 63).”

“That intervention was slightly broad in scope, but it returned at the end.”

“The Member in charge has given instruction earlier today that he wishes to defer his Bill to Friday 28 March and will not move Second Reading of the Bill today. We will therefore move on to the next Bill set down for today. Pets (Microchips) Bill Motion made, That the Bill be now read a Second time.”

“That was very powerful. I call Leigh Ingham.”

“Order. I think eight Members are hoping to contribute. We will calibrate again. There will be a time limit of four minutes, because I want to make sure they all get in.”

“The subject of this debate is the contribution of Muslims to communities, so I look forward to hearing it.”

“The hon. Member will know that the content of statements that Ministers make is not the responsibility of the Chair, but he has put his comments on the record. Of course, he can go to the Table Office, which will give him further advice on how he can put in probing questions for further clarity. No doubt those on the T…”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Minister.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. Now that he has put it on the record, it will be recorded as such. We come now to the Front-Bench contributions. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Due to the number of withdrawals, Members may have noticed that we have stopped the clocks timing speeches. There are two colleagues left, and I will allow you to police yourselves. Members on the Front Benches want to be up by 4.30 pm, so I will let you manage the time between yourselves.”

“Thank you so much for keeping well within the time limit. I call the Chair of the Education Committee.”

“The last few minutes go to Chris Bloore to wind up.”

“This is going to end up in a back and forth on things that are not a matter for the Chair. Declarations are the responsibility of individual Members to make appropriately through the right processes.”

“We have around 35 minutes remaining. Questions must be short and the Minister’s response must be on point and tight. I call the Father of the House.”

“Order. Just before the Minister responds, the hon. Member knows that he cannot use the term “deliberately misleading”. I ask him to withdraw that statement.”

“I am grateful to the right hon. Member for giving notice of her point of order. The Chair is not responsible for the accuracy of Ministers’ statements in the House, but she has put her point of order on the record. I do not believe that the Minister wishes to respond—”