Speeches by Stringer.

“We cannot call ourselves a civilised society while Shabir Ahmed is walking the streets of this country. I agree with the thrust of the question by the hon. Member for Weald of Kent (Katie Lam), but surely there is another approach to get him off the streets of our country: to put him back in prison and change the law t…”

“I am fully supportive of Stephen Watson, the chief constable of Greater Manchester. It is the first time I can say that about a chief constable since the 1970s. We have had chief constables who were mad—James Anderton, who carried out his prejudice against the gay community because he had a line to God—and who were bad…”

“Particle physics and astronomy have had a rough deal since the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council—PPARC—was abolished about 19 years ago. I understand that the justification being put out by the Science Minister and other Ministers is that there has been a change to mission-driven research as opposed to fu…”

“Order. Your time is up. Before calling the Front-Bench spokespeople, I remind hon. Members that although there are often good reasons for being late to a debate, it is a courtesy to both the Chair and other hon. Members participating in the debate to put in a note explaining those reasons. I call Sarah Dyke.”

“I meant the timing in terms of dates.”

“Order. I remind hon. Members that if they want to participate in the debate, they should bob at the end of every speech. I will call the Front-Bench spokespeople at 10.30 am. Doing the simple arithmetic, that means there will be a time limit of four minutes on speeches.”

“Order. I ask the Minister to leave a couple of minutes for the proposer of the debate to wind up.”

“There is not a lot to add to what Esther has said. This is really a matter of patient safety and transparency. With the way MHRA is operating at the moment in all the cases Esther has given, if mistakes are made, they are made in secret, and it is some time later that they are exposed, if that has happened. They seem t…”

“Would it be one and a half hours or three hours on a Thursday?”

“I didn’t know that. What would be the timing of that, Martin?”

“Any hon. Members who wish to take off their jackets have permission to do so. I call Melanie Onn to move the motion.”

“Our major consideration—why we did not apply for the Floor of the Commons—was to have it before the summer, because strange and unexpected things are happening in Parliament at present. That is the prime consideration. If we can have a Tuesday before the summer, we would go for it. If not, we would have a Thursday as a…”

“Thanks very much. Ayoub Khan made representations.”

“In the ’80s and ’90s in this country, many police officers carried out their duties in a prejudicial and racist way. I am proud of having worked alongside many others to eliminate that racism as much as we could. However, we are now left with what is perhaps a more difficult problem to deal with, because many police of…”

“In the ’80s and ’90s in this country, many police officers carried out their duties in a prejudicial and racist way. I am proud of having worked alongside many others to eliminate that racism as much as we could. However, we are now left with what is perhaps a more difficult problem to deal with, because many police of…”

“I did not want to interrupt the debate, but it is worth remembering for future debates. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered the matter of the censorship of women’s health and wellbeing content online.”

“Sitting suspended.”

“I did not want to interrupt the hon. Lady in what has been an interesting debate, but I remind hon. Members that if you say “you”, that is me—”

“I remind hon. Members that they may make a speech only with the prior permission of the Member in charge and the Minister. I have received no information that such permission has been given. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up.”

“Order. Can the hon. Lady bring her comments to a close, having answered the hon. Gentleman’s question?”