Speeches by Gale.

“I thank the right hon. Lady for giving me notice of her point of order. She will understand that this is not a matter for the Chair, but she has put an important concern on the record. I trust that Members on the Treasury Bench will have taken notice of it.”

“Order. That is not a point of order for the Chair, as the hon. Gentleman will appreciate, but if the Minister wishes to respond I will allow him to do so.”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. I am afraid that his request is simply, in procedural terms, not possible. The Chair is not responsible for the forming of such motions. The motion will be put to the House as it is on the Order Paper.”

“Order. Before we proceed, I think I am right in saying that every Member present who is likely to want to intervene has done so; well done. I would not wish hon. Members to believe that ordinarily they are likely to get away with the length of interventions that they have got away with tonight. I understand that this i…”

“I call the SNP spokesperson.”

“Order. I am conscious that some Members arrived after the start of the debate. Ordinarily, that would preclude them from speaking, but I understand that the Prime Minister’s statement has slightly thrown our timings. My intention is therefore to accommodate all those in the Chamber who wish to speak, but inevitably tho…”

“That is not a point of order for the Chair, but I think it is helpful to have the record corrected.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesman.”

“I call the Minister.”

“I call Ruth Cadbury to wind up.”

“Briefly, Mr Shannon.”

“Order. I call Liz Jarvis.”

“I call the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order.”

“Order. I am sorry to have had to be a little brutal, but we managed to get everybody in. We are, however, 10 minutes over time, so if Front Benchers exercised a little discretion, that would be helpful. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order.”

“The debate will be opened by a member of the Health and Social Care Committee, Paulette Hamilton.”

“Order. It will not have escaped Members’ notice that we are playing “beat the clock” this afternoon. There is another debate to follow, with a very large number of speakers, and we are going to have to try and split the time between two debates. That means two things. First, after the next speaker I will impose a limit…”