Speeches by Hoyle.

“Order. Once again, I think the Chancellor has got the question.”

“Order. I think the Chancellor has got the drift.”

“I call the Father of the House.”

“As I suspected, it is not a point of order. You need to read the rule book. This is a substantive motion; it is not the normal debate. It might be helpful if you took some time out, rather than questioning, because you might be on to something, but not today.”

“Let’s hear it.”

“I inform the House that the Government have tabled a new motion in relation to the Lords message and have withdrawn the motion that they tabled this morning. The new amendment paper is available in the Vote Office and online, and was issued at 5.55 pm. It includes a note indicating: “A motion relating to Lords Reason 8…”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Are you sure it is a point of order?”

“Order. I am sorry; you are out of scope.”

“Order. If the right hon. Lady gives way, that is fine. You have had one crack at the whip, Dr Arthur. I would not try too many cracks.”

“Order. You are straying outside the debate, Mr Shannon, and we must not do that.”

“Before we begin the next item of business, I think it would be helpful to the House if I reminded Members of the decision in question and the procedures for today’s debate. The decision before the House today is not whether a contempt has been committed; it is whether to refer the matter to the Privileges Committee. If…”

“I inform the House that the Government have tabled a new motion in relation to the Lords message and have withdrawn the motion that they tabled this morning. The new amendment paper is available in the Vote Office and online, and was issued at 5.55 pm. It includes a note indicating: “A motion relating to Lords Reason 8…”

“Order. The decision was made on the letter that was sent to me, not on whether somebody may be meeting somewhere else. It is judged on the merit of that. I do not need to be questioned again.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“What’s the lash, Minister?”

“I call the Chair of the Work and Pensions Committee.”

“Before we come to questions, I wish to make a short statement. Numerous right hon. and hon. Members from across the House have written to ask me to give precedence to a matter as an issue of privilege. One of those letters is from the Leader of the Opposition. The matter concerns the Prime Minister’s answers to the Hou…”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”