Speeches by Nokes.

“I thank the Minister for that apology.”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order and for informing the Secretary the State that he intended to raise this matter. There is no specific rule or convention of the House that I am aware of relating to notification of planning consents, but as a general principle, if a Minister is in…”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for advance notice of his point of order. As he acknowledges, external AI services are not a matter for the Chair. However, he has certainly put his accurate position—and his presence in this Chamber, and not in Westminster Hall—on the record.”

“I call the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.”

“Order. I have a little aspiration that we will finish this statement by half-past 3, so short questions and short answers would be very helpful.”

“May I confirm with the hon. Member that he has informed the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage)?”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I think you will find that you used the term “the hon. Member for Clacton”, if you wish to argue back with the Chair.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Last but by no means least, I call Chris Vince.”

“Before I call the Secretary of State, may I entreat the hon. Member? I am sure he will have mentioned to the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) that he was going to reference him in the House.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee.”

“Order. The hon. Lady will know that we do not refer to other hon. Members by name but by their constituency.”

“Order. Before I call the next Member, I remind Members that if they are going to seek to make a complaint about the non-declaration of interests or the breaking of rules of conduct by another Member, that would be an issue better raised with the Standards Commissioner than with the Secretary of State today. Equally, if…”

“Order. I call the Minister.”

“Order. We are not having a debate on hereditary Members of the House of Lords. We are debating the Lords message on amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.”

“Order. We are not debating hereditary peers; we are debating the amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Members will be aware that the debate has to conclude by 8.24 pm, so there will be an immediate five-minute time limit. Of course, if Members did not feel obliged to use all five minutes, that would help their colleagues.”