Speeches by Efford.

“First, I want to express my gratitude to Members of the House who have elected me as the designated chair of the all-party parliamentary group on haemophilia and contaminated blood. I say “designated” because we are lacking a Conservative officer in the group, so we cannot register it in the normal way—”

“The right hon. Gentleman would be most welcome, and I will pass on that information. I was hoping to tease someone out by saying that! It is an honour and a challenge to follow on from the excellent leadership of my right hon. Friend and colleague, the Member for Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham (Dame Diana John…”

“The situation in Gaza goes way beyond Israel’s right to defend itself. The restriction on aid going into Gaza is unacceptable and words have not shifted Israel’s position one iota. Is it not time for the Government to recognise that we need to go beyond words and start talking to our international allies about how we c…”

“The Conservatives have some brass neck criticising the Government on this subject when it was the Conservatives who set up the VIP lane for contracts during covid, and who accepted many gifts that they did not have to declare. My hon. Friend is absolutely right to close the loophole. I point out to the right hon. Membe…”

“I welcome the statement. When we met the film industry at roundtables in the last Parliament, it consistently called for this measure, so I am delighted to see that the Government are taking action. With 25,000 job vacancies in the creative industries, does the Secretary of State agree that if we can line up the traini…”

“Just to warn the two last Members: I will have to drop their time to three minutes after the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine).”

“I would like to call the mover of the motion at two minutes to 4. If you can remember that, Minister, you will do me a big favour.”

“Minister, I wish to call the mover of the debate at 5.45 pm, so I ask that you give him a minute at the end of your speech.”

“Order. Apologies, but I have to call the Front-Bench spokespersons.”

“Order. I call Patricia Ferguson.”

“Order. We move on to the next speaker.”

“Order. I call Jim Shannon.”

“I intend to call the Front Benchers at 5.26 pm. A number of Members did not indicate to the Chair before the debate that they wanted to speak. We will get everybody in, but I will have to impose a four-minute time limit.”

“Order. I remind Members that they should stand if they intend to contribute to a debate.”

“Order. Interventions have to be short; this is a half-hour debate.”

“Order. I think that the debate will finish at 4.46 pm.”

“Order. There is a Division in the House, so we must suspend the sitting for 15 minutes.”

“Order. Can you bring your comments to a conclusion? This is a very short debate, but there are long interventions.”

“Order. Interventions should be brief.”

“Clive Jones.”