Speeches by Ghani.

“Order. That was neatly done, but interventions have to be very closely related to what we are debating here and now.”

“We come to the Front-Bench wind-ups. Does the shadow Minister wish to speak?”

“I call the Minister.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson once again.”

“Before I call Dave Doogan, I remind Members that if they wish to speak, they need to be bobbing consistently—I cannot read people’s minds to put together a speaking list.”

“I call Yuan Yang.”

“We come to the final Back-Bench contribution, and have saved the best until last. I call Bobby Dean.”

“As colleagues will notice, the Speaker’s Chair is vacant, so I remind Members that the Chair should be addressed as Madam Chair or Madam Chairman. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. Now that the House is aware that Mr Barclay recused himself, we should not repeat that statement, but no doubt the Minister wishes to respond.”

“With the leave of the House, we shall take motions 2 to 5 together. Ordered, Backbench Business That Wendy Morton be discharged from the Backbench Business Committee and Martin Vickers be added. Culture, Media and Sport That Mims Davies be discharged from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee and Damian Hinds be added…”

“Order. If the hon. Member could come further forward and sit back down, a formal intervention could then be made quite smoothly and quickly.”

“The Minister may wish to check Hansard to see how many times the hon. Member has mentioned his “favourite Minister”.”

“I did not want to interrupt the hon. Member for Strangford, but he knows better than to refer to the Minister as “you” because it ends up meaning me in the Chair.”

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

“To make the final Back-Bench contribution, which I have no doubt will be just as impactful as the others, I call Douglas McAllister.”

“Order. I call Callum Anderson.”

“Now, with a speaking limit of five minutes, I call Matt Bishop.”

“After the next contribution I will impose a time limit of five minutes on speeches. I call the Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee.”

“I listened to the Member’s speech very closely. Paragraph 20.13 of “Erskine May” states: “Formerly, the House strictly observed a rule against anticipation”. That was designed to restrict debate on a subject to the type of proceedings deemed to be the most effective. As the word “formerly” suggests, the rule is no long…”