Speeches by Nokes.

“Order. I am going to allow the shadow Minister to finish, but I will hear him. He is perfectly within his rights if he chooses not to give way.”

“Before I call the Whip to move the motion for the Adjournment, I remind the House that although there are currently no live proceedings before the courts, there is still the potential for further civil or criminal proceedings. Members will therefore wish to take care to avoid saying anything that could prejudice any ca…”

“I thank the hon. Member for giving notice of her point of order. I am sure she will have notified the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) that she intended to raise the matter with us. As she will know, the Chair is not responsible for the content of contributions made either in debates or from a sedentary position,…”

“Division off. Question agreed to.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. I am just going to make the point to Members that interventions are getting very long. We have some hours to conclude this debate, so if Members wish to make a full contribution, they will be able to do so, rather than simply making an intervention.”

“I call the shadow Minister to wind up.”

“Order. The hon. Lady might not have been here to hear my earlier comment. There is plenty of time for Members to make speeches if they so choose—this debate does not need to conclude until 7.30 pm—but we really must not have prepared speeches read out disguised as interventions.”

“It is the intention to run each of the Backbench Business debates for just an hour and a half, given the time we are left with.”

“I thank the Home Secretary for her statement. Apologies to hon. Members who did not get in, but we have two further items of business.”

“I call Dr Caroline Johnson to ask the final question.”

“Order. I am planning to run the statement only until 7 pm, so it might be helpful if we had very short questions and perhaps shorter answers from the Home Secretary.”

“Order. There will be an immediate five-minute time limit.”

“I call Mike Martin to wind up.”

“I call shadow Minister Gareth Davies.”

“That brings us to the Front-Bench contributors, starting with James MacCleary.”

“Order. Interventions have been far too long. I pointed out at the beginning that only 90 minutes will be allowed for the debate. Perhaps the Member in charge will consider concluding his remarks shortly.”

“I get the opportunity to have the last word. Many Members have mentioned family, and I want to take this opportunity to say merry Christmas to our parliamentary family, making sure we remember our Doorkeepers, the Sergeant at Arms, the Clerks, who keep me in order, and the catering and security people. Godfrey and Marg…”

“Last but by no means least, I call Emma Foody.”