Speeches by Harris.

“Order. Dr Beccy Cooper, you will be making a speech. There will be an appropriate time for you to make your points.”

“Order. Mr Ballinger, please sit down. Shadow Minister, please speak through the Chair.”

“If we are to allow Front-Bench speakers to have ample time, we should bear that in mind with any interventions.”

“Thank you. Mr Ballinger, if you want to intervene, can you do it appropriately?”

“Order. These are very long interventions. Some Members have given a speech and others will have an opportunity to speak later and will be able to make their points. We need to make progress.”

“With almost 170,000 workers in Wales benefiting from Labour’s successive increases to the national minimum wage and the living wage, families across the country—including many of my constituents—will now be better off. Despite resistance from Opposition parties, this Government have shown their commitment to tackling t…”

“12. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of living in Wales.”

“I will be very brief, as I am not attempting to audition for a BAFTA, unlike some colleagues. Neither am I trying to attempt any factional point scoring, as some colleagues have done today. The Prime Minister himself said yesterday that Peter Mandelson should never have been appointed as our ambassador to the US, so le…”

“Order. I am very keen to call the Minister by 5.30 pm, so may I ask Members to keep their comments short?”

“I remind hon. Members that they may only make a speech with the prior permission of the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up. The debate will end by 5.40 pm.”

“It should be a fundamental right to be safe at home. The Courts and Tribunals Bill delivers that for children in this country by removing the presumption of parental contact. Will the Solicitor General join me in paying tribute to the tireless campaigning of Claire Throssell, who has fought every day in Jack and Paul’s…”

“I call the co-sponsor of the debate, Dan Aldridge.”

“I look forward to that.”

“Order. May I ask the hon. Member to come to her question?”

“Our Welsh culture and community are a huge part of our heritage. However, decisions being made by the Welsh Rugby Union—specifically the chairman, who does not understand either our Welsh communities or our culture—are putting that heritage at risk. Does my hon. Friend agree that those decisions are putting wallets bef…”

“Many of my constituents are employed in this sector, by General Dynamics and in the wider supply chain. Would my hon. Friend agree that those are the very types of secure, well-paid jobs that we need across the south Wales region?”

“As trade envoy to New Zealand, I visited Eden Park in Auckland last year to hear about the exciting plans to bring the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo to New Zealand. Next month, that plan becomes a reality, and one of Scotland and the UK’s greatest military displays will take place in Auckland. That spectacular event …”

“As a senior member of the Welsh mafia, I am presumably the Godmother. I now call the Minister, and I remind him to make sure he leaves time at the end for the Member in charge to wind up.”

“Order. If Members continue to exceed five minutes, I will have to impose a formal time limit.”

“In the spirit of sharing and showing how shallow I am, my favourite magazine is Vogue. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the impact of Science and Discovery Centres on national science and technology priorities.”