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“Order. I ask hon. Members to stand if they wish to speak. I hope to begin the wind-ups at 10.28 am.”

“I thank hon. Members very much; everyone got in, and we now come to the wind-ups.”

“Order. The Minister may want to give the Member in charge two minutes to wind up.”

“Order. I call Jim Shannon.”

“Order. I have to impose a two-minute formal time limit, and Wendy Morton will be the first to show us how to stick to that.”

“This House has heard, sadly, the comments that the Minister has made about the Government pressing this case. He will know that it was pressure from this House, and from the families, that caused the release of the other hostages in Iran. Will he undertake, as the hon. Member for Rutland and Stamford (Alicia Kearns) su…”

“It is a pleasure to follow the shadow Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Faversham and Mid Kent (Helen Whately). I will try to address some of the points she made, but I am bound to mention the recent elections. Engaging in the democratic process is important, but not all areas had elections. The turnout across th…”

“We are the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, so it is very important that we all work together. When it comes to climate change policies, we cannot specify a particular area; they are for our whole country, and our whole planet. Those of us who were around at the time of Brexit—and I am pleased to s…”

“I welcome the energy independence Bill. Let us see what is in the clauses when it is published, but the Secretary of State wants to make this country independent of outside forces. This is the first time a Government have invested so heavily in renewables. All this will get Britain working. It is outrageous that oil co…”

“We have two more speakers, and as I said, I will start calling the Front-Bench spokespeople at 5.08 pm. Your kind colleagues have given you a little extra time, Emily Darlington.”

“Edward Morello will move the motion and the Minister will respond. I remind other hon. Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. As is the convention in a 30-minute debate, the Member in charge will not have an opportunity to wind up.”

“Order.”

“Order. Through the Chair, please.”

“Order. Please stay standing if you want to speak. We are very tight on time, because I hope to take the wind-ups at eight minutes past 5. If we have a rough time limit of two minutes, everyone will get in. I call Daniel Zeichner.”

“Beautifully done. I thank all colleagues for sticking to the time limit.”

“That is true. Our Education Department does a fantastic job, but this work needs to be extended to every single school, and perhaps made compulsory, so that when young people get to vote, they know the difference between misinformation, disinformation and the truth. On voter registration, valid points have been made ab…”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk (George Freeman). I thank the Minister for engaging with Members. We now have a Bill of seven parts, 81 clauses and 11 schedules. On young voters, I hope that the team will work with the Department for Education so that young people understand the democratic pr…”

“Order. Can I ask the hon. Gentleman to speak up a little? I think people in the Public Gallery cannot really hear.”

“Can I ask you to speak up, please? People in the Gallery cannot hear.”

“Order. If anyone requires any assistance during the course of this debate, please see the Doorkeeper.”