Speeches by Nokes.

“Before calling the Secretary of State to make his statement, I remind the House that on 19 November Mr Speaker granted a waiver from the House’s sub judice resolution in respect of the case of Dillon and others v. the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. As such, reference may be made to that case during the statem…”

“I call shadow Secretary of State.”

“Order. Members will be able to see that a significant number of people wish to contribute to this debate. A time limit of six minutes will be imposed after we hear from the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I assure Members that we have now resolved the problem with the clock and that there is a six-minute time limit. I call Stuart Anderson.”

“The right hon. Gentleman will be aware that that was not really a point of order. I am sure the hon. Member for Rochdale (Paul Waugh) is getting to the point on the Second Reading of the National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Bill.”

“Order. That is the second time the hon. Gentleman has done it: I have left nothing.”

“Order. If the hon. Lady wishes to speak later in the debate, she is very welcome to do so, but interventions have to be short, and we have a lot of people to get in.”

“He!”

“Order. I am not going to admonish the hon. Member for using the word “you”, but, Sir Bernard, you have now spoken for longer than both Front Benchers put together, and many other Members wish to get in.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State, Kevin Hollinrake.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. I remind Members that interventions need to be pithy and short.”

“With the reminder that there is no formal time limit, and if we wish to get in as many Members as possible, could Members please constrain themselves to about eight minutes?”

“I call the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee.”

“Order. Interventions will have to be short in this debate because many Members wish to speak, so perhaps that is enough.”

“I call Blair McDougall to wind up.”

“I call the Liberal Democrats spokesperson.”

“Order. I am going to make the request that I have made at least twice—this could be third time or the fourth. Please can Members debate the Finance Bill’s Second Reading, which is what we have on the Order Paper this afternoon? This is not a general debate on the Budget. We debated the Budget several weeks ago and we c…”

“Order. The hon. Lady should sit when I am on my feet. This needs to be a debate about the Finance Bill, not other matters, and certainly not a general debate on the Budget again.”

“Order. The right hon. Member will know full well that it is for me to decide if the hon. Lady’s intervention is too long.”