Speeches by Ghani.

“With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 1—Water Restoration Fund— “(1) No more than 60 days after the day on which this Act is passed, the Secretary of State must by regulations make provision for the establishment, operation and management of a Water Restoration Fund. (2) A Water Restorati…”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order, and I note that he informed the hon. Member for Stockton West that he intended to refer to him in the Chamber. The Chair is not responsible for comments made by Members on social media, but I urge all Members to reflect carefully on the likely impact of w…”

“Order. We have many contributions to come and quite a tight deadline, so Back Benchers will be limited to four minutes. I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. If questions and answers are short, I can squeeze in just a couple more Members.”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary. We got through quite a lot of questions.”

“I am grateful to the right hon. Member for giving notice of her point of order. The Government’s own “Guide to Making Legislation” makes it clear that a final impact assessment must be made available alongside Bills introduced to Parliament. I do not know why that has not happened in this case, but clearly it is unsati…”

“Back Benchers are on a four-minute limit.”

“Order. Unfortunately, colleagues making interventions have eaten into time, so I now have to call the Front Benchers. I call the shadow Minister, Dr Neil Hudson.”

“Order. The Minister is giving a very substantial speech, but he has been on his feet for 30 minutes. Hopefully he will be coming to a conclusion at some point.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Follow that, Jo Platt!”

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

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

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

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Take your time, Mr Sobel.”

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

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