Speeches by Cummins.

“That concludes business questions. I have a list of Members who were unsuccessful in catching my eye today, but may I ask Members to reflect on the length of their questions? With such long questions, it is really difficult to get everybody in.”

“I call the shadow Chancellor.”

“Before I call the Chancellor to make her statement, I have to say to her that Mr Speaker has checked the ministerial code, which makes it clear that important policy announcements should be made in the first instance in this House when it is sitting. This House and its Members should be the first to know what the Gover…”

“I call Calvin Bailey.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“With a six-minute time limit, I call the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee.”

“I call the Chair of the Treasury Committee.”

“The reasoned amendment in the name of the Leader of the Opposition has been selected.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“That concludes the statement. I thank Members for shortening their questions, so that we could get everybody in.”

“I call the Minister to give an example of a really nice, short answer.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.”

“I remind Members that they can cut straight to the question.”

“Order. I remind Members that questions need to be much shorter if we are going to get business done today.”

“Order. Before the next question, Members should be aware that I am aiming to finish business questions at about 12.15 pm, so it is unlikely that I will get everybody in, even if the questions are very short.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. A lot of Members with a direct constituency interest rightly want to put their remarks on the record. There will be an immediate six-minute time limit for Back-Bench speeches, but we will very swiftly move to three minutes to enable as many Members as possible to speak on this important topic. I call the shadow …”

“For the final question, I call Laurence Turner.”