Speeches by Nokes.

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order.”

“I call the Chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee.”

“Order.”

“Order. The hon. Gentleman knows better than to use the word “you” in those circumstances.”

“I am imposing an immediate four-minute time limit.”

“Order. I call Andy McDonald.”

“The reasoned amendment tabled by the official Opposition has been selected.”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. He is of course right, and were Members to refer to the guide on courtesies and behaviours in the House, they would find advice on whether questions, and indeed interventions, should be read, particularly from telephones.”

“Order. The hon. Lady has an important ten-minute rule motion, and there are far too many private conversations preventing me—let alone the rest of the House— from hearing her comments.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. I think that he has raised two points. As we heard in an earlier point of order, the combination of statements does not help, and those on the Treasury Bench will have heard my comments about that; it is a matter for the Government when they decide to schedule statements,…”

“I thank the hon. Lady for giving advance notice of her point of order. She has corrected the record, as she did this time last week, and I hope she will not see this as a regular method and opportunity to reiterate her political points.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. He is right to say that written questions are an important way in which Members may hold the Government to account. As he will have heard me say earlier, Ministers themselves are responsible for the timeliness of their responses, but I hope that those on the Treasury Benc…”

“I thank the Foreign Secretary for her statement.”

“I thank the hon. Member for her point of order. Members should receive timely responses to their correspondence with Ministers, and it is disappointing to hear that the hon. Lady has experienced such a significant delay. Ministers themselves are responsible for the timeliness of their responses, and I hope that those o…”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order, and for giving advance notice of it. He will of course be aware that the combination of statements is not a matter for the Chair—the Government determine statements—but I am sure that the Foreign Secretary has heard his comments.”

“I call the Chair of the International Development Committee.”

“Order. Please may I encourage short questions from Members, as well as short answers from the Foreign Secretary?”

“Order. Given that the next debate is heavily subscribed, I thought it would be helpful to indicate to Members that I will finish the statement at about 3 pm.”