Speeches by Hoyle.

“Order. I now have to move on to topical questions. There will be disappointment for hon. Members whose questions are next on the Order Paper, but that is because of the way questions have been grouped. We really do need to think about why we are grouping questions that are not relevant to each other.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“Order.”

“Hear, hear!”

“I call the Chair of the Select Committee.”

“Order. I am going to allow business questions to run only until 11.30 am, because of the important statement that is to follow, so I ask Members to help each other, and there will be a good example from Afzal Khan.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Chair of the Backbench Business Committee.”

“Before I call the Prime Minister to make his statement, I note that it will cover two separate substantial subjects—the G7 summit in Canada 10 days ago, and the NATO summit in The Hague this week. For that reason I will allow a degree of latitude and, unusually, I will allow hon. Members who wish to ask about both subj…”

“I call the Leader of the Opposition.”

“Order. You may not wish to hear the Leader of the Opposition, but I do. It does not do anybody good in this Chamber to try to shout down somebody who is speaking.”

“Order. I say to those who were late into the Chamber, please do not stand. I call the Prime Minister.”

“I call the Chair of the Select Committee.”

“I call the leader of the Liberal Democrats.”

“Order. Members are not meant to walk in front of the Member who is speaking; it is discourteous. The hon. Member for Portsmouth North (Amanda Martin) deliberately looked and carried on.”

“I assure the right hon. Gentleman that I have had no notice that the Government will come to the House to make a statement. What I can say is that he has certainly put his points on the record, and I know that those on the Treasury Bench will have heard what he had to say.”

“Order. This is about Government responsibilities, not the Opposition. I call Sir Mel Stride.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“One of us will have to give way, and it will not be me. First, let me reassure the hon. Lady that I am very, very concerned about questions not being answered in a reasonable timeframe. I think that is totally unacceptable. It is also totally unacceptable to give the wrong answers and for the Department not to take suc…”