Speeches by Huq.

“I totally agree. We know that Esther Rantzen and Jonathan Dimbleby want the Bill to be implemented, but our role is to be voices for the voiceless, so I totally agree with her. As opposed to the vague, ever-changing qualifying criteria that are held up as safeguards, at least these amendments would put ethnic minority …”

“Will I get more time? [Laughter.]”

“Order. Given how many people wish to speak, we will start with a two and a half minute limit.”

“indicated dissent.”

“Order. I think that someone will probably end up falling off the call list; there are people standing to speak who were not on the list and who were not standing at the beginning of the debate. Let us see how we go.”

“I call Keir Mather MP, who is making his Westminster Hall Dispatch Box debut as Minister for the day.”

“Order. I am afraid that we will now move on to the Front Benchers, starting with the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I will call Tim Farron to move the motion. As is the convention with 30-minute debates, only interventions are permitted, not whole speeches, because we need to allow time for the Minister to reply, as well as for all those lovely interventions that are coming.”

“Order. A number of Members are bobbing, so we will calculate how long everyone will get. To start, I call Kirsty Blackman.”

“Actual Minister!”

“The aim is to take the three Front Benchers from 5.09 pm, which means that the time limit is dropping down to two minutes each.”

“Order. I call the shadow Minister.”

“It is brilliant that the Brexit logjam that has cast a long shadow over this House for so many years has been smashed by this Prime Minister. Could he indicate when we might hear a bit more about the youth experience scheme that has been so yearned for and so welcomed by the universities and the English language teachi…”

“The Minister, who is a good man, recognises that the 70-day aid blockade has made starvation widespread in Gaza. During the recess, I was on a delegation with the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). We were nearby in Egypt, and we heard real fears that annexation of both Gaza and the west bank is near-inevitable.…”

“She still does Radio 6, if you wake up early.”

“Steve, when I was trying to do this Bill, not many Conservatives would sign up to it, to be honest. They said that it was too much state interference in our lives and, like a plane ticket, people should be able to hike it up if there is demand. What do you think?”

“Thanks everyone. Jon, you have alluded to this already, but I just wondered, do you agree with the Government—the Minister has just walked in—and also with my private Member’s Bill that it is time to do something about secondary ticketing?”

“I think with the Kylie concert, BST at Hyde Park, it was £89 for the ticket, £25 for this other stuff—nobody knows what it is—and a processing fee. In the olden days it used to cost less to get it online than going in person and now it has gone the other way.”

“Thanks everyone. Jon, you have alluded to this already, but I just wondered, do you agree with the Government—the Minister has just walked in—and also with my private Member’s Bill that it is time to do something about secondary ticketing?”

“I think with the Kylie concert, BST at Hyde Park, it was £89 for the ticket, £25 for this other stuff—nobody knows what it is—and a processing fee. In the olden days it used to cost less to get it online than going in person and now it has gone the other way.”