Speeches by Vaz.

“I absolutely agree; it is always “brownfield first”. I am about to say something about the green belt, but first I should make the important point that local people should not be shut out of any statutory consultation. They, and other statutory consultees, must be included in the process. Green belt should be protected…”

“It is a pleasure to follow the shadow Secretary of State. As we heard from the Secretary of State and Deputy Prime Minister, this is rightly an ambitious Bill, with 97 clauses and six schedules. I will focus on part 2, which deals with planning decisions, because it is important for our constituents and because in the …”

“I think we can squeeze one more Back-Bench speaker in. I call Clive Jones.”

“Order. We are expecting a vote but I will call the Opposition spokesperson, Saqib Bhatti.”

“I thank hon. Members. Everyone who wanted to speak has done. I now call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, Daisy Cooper.”

“Last but not least, I call Tom Gordon.”

“Order. I call Patrick Hurley to speak.”

“Order. I am really sorry; we are done.”

“Order. I am really sorry, but I have to stop you. Could Members bob each time, in between speeches, so that we can get a clearer idea of how many Members wish to speak?”

“I am reliably informed that each person will have one minute in which to speak; I am afraid that I will have to stop people after one minute. Obviously, this is the debate of the Member in charge and therefore he could take as long as he liked; he also took quite a few interventions.”

“Hon. Members can see the time now and we have to take wind-ups from about 5.8 pm. A number of people have put their names down to speak, so could Members stand if they want to speak and then we can work out timings?”

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

“I can get the last two speakers in if they take a minute each.”

“I call Seamus Logan. Oh, do you not want to speak?”

“Order. I must ask you to address the Chair, Mr Crichton.”

“Order. You have had 10 minutes, Mr Doogan. I am really sorry, but this is unfair to other Members.”

“Order. I call Torcuil Crichton.”

“We are going to have to go down to an informal three-minute limit to get everyone in.”

“The hon. Member obviously has the title of Mr Scotland. I am afraid I will have to impose a very informal time limit of around four minutes so that everyone is able to get in.”

“Order. I remind the hon. Member for Angus and Perthshire Glens that he has spoken for 10 minutes already. If every other hon. Member takes that amount of time, we will not be able to hear from everybody.”