Speeches by Turner.

“Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to speak in this debate. I have to put on a time limit of three minutes for speeches.”

“Jack Rankin will move the motion, and the Minister will respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and from the Minister. No Members have indicated to me that they wish to speak, but Members may try to intervene on the mover of the moti…”

“The Justice Secretary wants to do away with some jury trials. He wants to extend the powers of magistrates to sentence up to 24 months without the right to appeal a conviction or sentence. I think I am right in saying that the capacity in prisons is at 88,000 as we speak today. Where are all those apparently guilty peo…”

“Order.”

“We have four minutes remaining for three speakers.”

“Order. I remind Members that interventions need to be very short. Lots of Members want to take part in this debate and long interventions eat into the time for speeches.”

“Order. Before the hon. Gentleman continues, I remind Members that interventions are meant to be very short.”

“Order. I remind Members to bob should they wish to catch my eye to speak in this debate.”

“There is no denying that this Government inherited a crisis in our criminal courts, with the number of cases waiting to be tried growing every single day. If the Justice Secretary’s plan to do away with jury trials in some cases, although not all, is really about addressing the backlog and getting the position to somet…”

“I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called to speak in the debate.”

“I will call Helen Morgan to move the motion; I will then call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. As is the convention in 30-minute debates, there will not be an opportunity for the Member in cha…”

“Correct.”

“Order. I ask for interventions to be short, please.”

“Order. This is supposedly an intervention. If you want to ask him a question, please do so, but do not read a speech.”

“I remind Members that interventions are meant to be very short.”

“Order. Interventions must be short.”

“I will have to impose a one-minute time limit on speeches. I call Jo White.”

“There are a couple of housekeeping matters that I need to mention. The debate can go on until 5.44 pm because of injury time in previous debates, so I want the wind-up speeches to begin at 5:20 pm. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to catch my eye to speak in the debate. There will be a three-minute ti…”

“Order. Can I just say that interventions are supposed to be short?”

“Order. I remind Members that if they wish to catch my eye to speak in the debate, they must bob. That would help me enormously. I call Mr Jim Shannon. [Interruption.]”