Speeches by Nokes.

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. May I remind Members that if they intend to speak in a debate, they need to be here for the opening? It is a particular discourtesy to the House if the Front-Bench spokespersons are not here at the beginning.”

“I call the shadow Leader of the House.”

“I call Lillian Jones to make her maiden speech.”

“I call Jas Athwal to make his maiden speech.”

“I call David Mundell.”

“I call Jack Rankin to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Mike Tapp to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Dr Marie Tidball to make her maiden speech.”

“I call Lorraine Beavers to make her maiden speech.”

“Order. The hon. Gentleman can sit. He has been here long enough to know that when he says “you”, he is referring to me. I sometimes let it pass when it is new Members who are not quite used to it, but he should know better.”

“I call Kenneth Stevenson to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Imogen Walker to make her maiden speech.”

“Order. I will give an advisory notice: a lot of Members still want to get in, and interventions are cutting into other speakers’ times. The only people who suffer will be you. I am leaving the time limit at three minutes, which could just about get everyone in.”

“Order—[Interruption.] The hon. Lady might like to sit while I am standing. I have previously told Members that interventions should be short and spontaneous. It is not an opportunity to read out a pre-prepared speech. If she wanted to speak in this debate, she could have asked permission from both the Minister and the …”

“I call Ian Roome to make his maiden speech.”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for not using all his time. I call Tom Gordon to make his maiden speech.”

“I call Martin Wrigley to make his maiden speech.”

“Before I call the chair of the Health and Social Care Committee, I inform the House that there will be time limits of three minutes on Back-Bench speeches and six minutes on maiden speeches.”

“I call Llinos Medi.”