Speeches by Efford.

“The sheer brass neck of the Conservatives to turn up on the very day that Transparency International UK published its report showing that £15 billion of contracts were red-flagged during the covid epidemic—[Interruption.] I am not reading. Those contracts have been red-flagged and are worthy of further investigation, a…”

“How many times must we come here and hear another example of how the state, which should be on the side of ordinary people, becomes the enemy of working-class people? We have had Hillsborough, the Horizon Post Office scandal, the contaminated blood scandal, Windrush, and the treatment of former armed forces personnel w…”

“You are all being very good.”

“Order. I will bring in the Front Benchers at 5.8 pm. In order to do that, I have to bring the time limit down to three minutes.”

“Order. I remind Members that giving way eats into the time of those who want to speak later. I call Jim Shannon, who has four minutes.”

“If a Member intends to catch my eye in the debate, they must be on their feet now. I will impose a time limit of five minutes.”

“Is this an intervention on the hon. Member or a speech?”

“I will call Sarah Dyke to move the motion and then the Minister to respond. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be the opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up.”

“I will stop the Minister after 10 minutes so that I can give the mover of the motion time for a short summing-up speech.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, Josh Babarinde.”

“Order. You won’t. I call James Asser.”

“For future reference, summing up is meant to be brief, but I was generous because we have plenty of time left. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the potential merits of an international special tribunal on crimes of aggression in Ukraine.”

“Order. I call Robbie Moore.”

“I remind Members to bob in their place if they intend to speak in the debate.”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate you on your new position. I am grateful to the Minister for keeping in contact and keeping me informed of progress on this matter. I have two constituents who are directly affected—one affected and one infected. My constituent’s husband, who died 30 years ago, was a forme…”

“May I congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on your elevation to your position? I welcome the Minister’s statement this morning, but can he say a little more about how the compensation authority will arrive at its decisions? There is concern that advisers have undue influence on the Cabinet Office and that the voices…”