Speeches by Hoyle.

“Order. We have a lot to get through today—come on.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I am sure they have got a meeting already.”

“Can I just say that I never want to be put in this position again? I remind people that before we send Members home, we ought to think to tell them that there will not be a statement. I think that was bad. The Chair of the Select Committee complained to me, because he was told to go away. We should not be doing this. I…”

“I call the Father of the House.”

“Order. Just so that we completely understand, the Government decided they were making a statement, so there was no possibility of anything else. The House was suspended and had to resume; we could not leave it in limbo forever. The point was that there was a statement coming. Thankfully, the Minister made a statement. …”

“Order. I thank the Minister for coming forward with his statement, but the Table Office has not received a copy of it. I am wondering where it is and when we will see copies of it. Can it be handed in so we can get it printed for Members? Let us move on to Dame Meg Hillier.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“Order. It is not my judgment; these are the rules of the House. An urgent question was put in, and it was converted by the Government into a statement, so it is for the Government now to come forward with the statement.”

“Order. The Government have to come forward with a statement. They converted an urgent question to a statement this morning, so a statement has to be made. What the Minister says cannot be done on a point of order, as that would be unfair. I understand that people were going around telling Members to go home as there wo…”

“I believe we are now coming to the statement.”

“We will now follow in the footsteps of our predecessors 80 years ago. On 8 May 1945, hon. Members formed a procession out of the House of Lords, where they had secretly relocated because the House of Commons Chamber had been destroyed during the blitz. Today, we shall again follow the Mace, but this time from our own C…”

“That is a funny route for the canal.”

“I look forward to seeing them coming through Chorley.”

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

“That completes questions. May I just say to the Serjeant at Arms that I am very concerned that Members who had questions on the Order Paper have not been allowed into the House? Can we take this up with the police? They have no right to stop a Member entering this House. I take it very seriously. Before we proceed to t…”

“I call the shadow Solicitor General.”

“Your problems are solved, Solicitor General.”