Speeches by Hoyle.

“Order. This is a very important subject, and other Members need to come in as well. These are meant to be questions, rather than statements. I recognise the importance of this matter, and I am sure you are going to come to the end of your question now.”

“I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“I call the Chair of the Select Committee.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. Can you help me to help everybody else to get in? In topicals, we have to be short and punchy.”

“Shadow Foreign Secretary, Dame Priti Patel.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. I need the Foreign Secretary to help me here. Members are desperate to get their questions in, and the only way I can get them in is by speeding up. We have to get on with the Opposition day at some point.”

“First, I thank the hon. Member for her point of order and for her apology. I would add that should any Member need any advice on the rules and conventions of the House, the Clerks are always available to assist.”

“We nearly did have an apology. May I first say thank you to the right hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order? As I know he is aware, I made a statement on Thursday last week at the start of business that provided some clarification on ways in which this House can properly consider the matter. In raising th…”

“I inform the House that I have not selected the amendment. I call the shadow Chancellor to move the motion.”

“Order. Members on both sides of the Chamber are having their own conversations on the side. I cannot hear the Minister—and everybody wants to hear the Minister.”

“Were you born by that time, Minister?”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. When I decide on an urgent question, I do not need to be questioned about how urgent it is, or whether it is like a two-stroke engine or a 50 cc—actually, some of us think it might be a three litre.”

“The good thing is that the Government are only responsible for their own problems. I call the shadow Secretary of the State.”

“Order. This is a Cornish question, and I am calling Perran Moon, so I ask others please not to stand.”

“Before we begin today’s business, I want to make a short statement on the work of the Speaker’s Conference. The House knows how seriously I take the security of this House and its Members, staff and families, and so a year ago, I established the conference to consider the security of Members, candidates and elections, …”