Speeches by Nokes.

“I thank the hon. Member for advance notice of his point of order. Had he been in the Chamber at the time, he would have heard me make exactly that point. It is a courtesy of this House that Members referring to others should give advance notice.”

“I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“I call the shadow Home Secretary.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. May I remind Members that if they make specific references to a colleague, they ought to give them notice in advance?”

“I shall impose, with immediate effect, a four-minute time limit.”

“Order. It would be helpful if Members tried to confine their speeches to five minutes or so, but I do not propose to introduce a formal time limit yet.”

“It is unusual for me to say this, but, having heard about Southampton earlier, we shall conclude with Portsmouth.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“From Reading again: Matt Rodda.”

“Order. As hon. Members can see, a number of Members still wish to speak, so the time limit will be reduced to three minutes after the next speaker, Jon Pearce.”

“Order. I would just like to suggest that the hon. Gentleman bring his remarks to a close rather than give us some examples, because we want to hear from the Minister. He has 30 seconds at most.”

“Order. The shadow Secretary of State will know that she cannot intervene on an intervention, which, by the way, was far too long. I think we will go back to Julia Buckley.”

“Order. The hon. Member will know that interventions need to be brief, and should not be prepared and read out from a script.”

“That brings us to the Front-Bench contributions.”

“Order. The shadow Secretary of State will know that that was not a point of order, but a point of debate. Perhaps we had best return to Julia Buckley.”

“Order. The time limit has been reached. The hon. Member for Reading Central (Matt Rodda) ought to have concluded his remarks rather than taken another intervention from the hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Tom Hayes).”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. He will know that Members are responsible for the accuracy of their remarks in this Chamber. He has none the less raised his concerns and I am sure they will have been heard on the Opposition Benches. If the Leader of the Opposition wishes to correct the …”

“Over to her. [Laughter.] I call the Minister.”

“I call the Leader of the Opposition.”