Speeches by Ghani.

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“The Minister may wish to reflect on those comments before she resumes her speech.”

“Order. Members should not need to be reminded that speeches should be directed towards the Chair, and most definitely not to the Gallery. I call Andrew George.”

“Order. I have a long list of speakers to call.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. I hope that those who just walked past the Member about to speak are going to apologise.”

“I call on Victoria Collins to stand so that she can take Mr Shannon’s intervention.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Mr MacDonald, your intervention was on the Member, so the question goes to her, and she can insist on the Minister responding.”

“Take your time, Mr Sobel.”

“Order. Your contribution has to be within the scope of what we are discussing, which is the financial organisation of the Bill.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Thank you, Mr Malthouse. I can see Mr Shannon nodding, so hopefully your apology has been accepted.”

“Thank you, Mr Shannon, for letting me know you would be making a point of order. The Chair is not responsible for the content of Member’s speeches, but I remind the House of the advice in Erskine May on the importance of good temper and moderation in parliamentary language.”

“Order. I must now call the Minister.”

“Order. Mr Allister, we must confine our remarks to the money resolution for the Bill.”

“Order. We are going to drop the speech limit to three minutes.”

“You need to get to that point very quickly.”

“To ensure that as many colleagues as possible can get in during the time allowed, there will be a speaking limit of four minutes.”