Speeches by Ghani.

“The hon. Member has put his point appropriately on the record. I have not been given any notice of such statements, but the Front Bench has no doubt heard his concerns and will respond accordingly.”

“It is of the utmost importance that Ministers take their responsibilities to this House seriously. I would always expect timely answers to written parliamentary questions. They should be within scope and within the deadline, obviously. The Treasury Front Bench will have heard his concerns. The hon. Member may also wish…”

“The hon. Member will know that I am not responsible for the inner workings of the Cabinet Office—that is a matter for the Government. I would, however, say that I know the House awaits with interest further disclosure of material under the Humble Address. I gently encourage Members to wait and see what is released, and…”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. The contents of Members’ speeches, including ministerial answers, are a matter for them and not for the Chair. However, he has put his point on the record, and I am sure that the Defence Secretary will no doubt have heard this point of order and will be q…”

“I can inform the House that Lords amendments 4 and 7 engage the Commons’ financial privilege. If either of those Lords amendments are agreed to, I will cause the customary entry waiving the Commons’ financial privilege to be entered in the Journal. After Clause 7 Access to free court transcripts for victims”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Justice Secretary.”

“With this it will be convenient to discuss Lords amendments 2 to 7 and the Government motions to disagree.”

“Order. The right hon. Member is very experienced. He should say “inadvertently mislead the House”. We do not accuse colleagues of misleading the House. Would the right hon. Member like to correct the record?”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. Sir Julian Lewis, I have never seen you behave so badly.”

“Order. Before the Minister responds, I note that many colleagues wish to contribute; no doubt he is coming close to his conclusion.”

“I call Brian Leishman.”

“Order! We need less noise in the Chamber.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“For the final Back-Bench contribution, I call Gregory Stafford.”

“Order. Forgive me; I was slightly distracted. We now have a speaking limit of eight minutes.”

“Order. I do not require any correspondence from the Minister, although it is always welcome.”

“Order. Let me just say to the Minister: no more “yous”.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”