Speeches by Dowd.

“I call the Minister.”

“Thank you for your forbearance. Please try to keep to three minutes. I call Tim Farron.”

“I remind Members to bob if they wish to be called.”

“I will call Esther McVey to move the motion. I will then call the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute debates.”

“I call Lola McEvoy to briefly respond to the debate.”

“Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called. Only those who were here at the start will be able to speak.”

“Before I call Lisa Smart to move the motion, I inform hon. Members that the parliamentary digital communications team will be conducting secondary filming during the debate. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, the Member in charge of the debate will not have an opportunity to wind up.”

“I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, and I am trying to find the way forward. That bridge is a reflection of National Highways’ whole approach to things: we are an encumbrance on the stuff it has to do. With some other people, including my hon. Friend the Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson), I met one …”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered National Highways maintenance and management of the A5036. May I say what an absolute pleasure it is to see you in the Chair, Mrs Harris? It is also a pleasure to see the Minister in his chair, although not as much of a pleasure as it is to see Mrs Harris in the Chair. I wi…”

“I heard what the Minister said in relation to the footbridge—another matter that I will take up. There was massive, major consultation on the replacement of the footbridge, and for some reason National Highways chose to ditch that plan without discussing it with anybody at all. That is the concern our concern. Nobody k…”

“Order. This is a half-hour debate. I accept that people are intervening on a very important matter, but I ask Members to be careful and considerate with their interventions in such debates.”

“I call John Grady to wind up.”

“I remind hon. Members that they need to bob. The people on my list are different from those who are bobbing, so if you do not bob, you will not get called. I appreciate that I am tending to sound like a headteacher today.”

“Yes, well done. I call Graeme Downie.”

“Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate. We have an hour and a half in total, and the Government and Opposition spokespeople will have 10 minutes each. Regrettably, given that at least 14 people have indicated that they wish to speak, the time limit on Back-Bench speeches wi…”

“I will call Robin Swann to move the motion and I will then call the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute debates.”

“I call Sojan Joseph to wind up very briefly.”

“Order. This is clearly a popular subject. Lots of people had indicated previously that they wished to speak; there are obviously people who wish to speak who had not indicated beforehand, and others will want to intervene. The Minister and Opposition spokespersons have 10 minutes each. Having done the calculations, we …”

“Order. Please sit down. May I reiterate that this is a very sensitive subject, and I do not want to have to stop people in mid-flow when they are talking? This is a very sensitive issue and it would sound rude, so I exhort hon. Members to keep to the three-minute limit. It is regrettable, as this is a very important su…”

“Can I just remind Members about modes of expression? I will be diplomatic about it.”