Speeches by Hoyle.

“Order. I say to both Front-Bench teams: please, this is a very important and serious matter. We could do without the side chatter.”

“Order. We have a lot of questions to get in.”

“I call the Chair of the Justice Committee.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I look forward to Chorley’s then.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Welcome, Minister.”

“I am well aware of that and certainly do not need to be told. We have a three-hour debate coming up on that subject, so hopefully the Minister can respond.”

“Before we come to the main business, I am sure the whole House will wish to join me in sending our thanks and best wishes to Colin Lee, who retires today as Clerk of Legislation after 37 years’ service to the House. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] Colin has combined his formidable procedural brain with a modernising flai…”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State.”

“I understand the point being raised, and it is a very important one, but we are a long distance from the original question—”

“I call the shadow Justice Secretary.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I will be quite honest: this House should be treated with respect. The fact is that I am not quite sure whether the Secretary of State could have come to the House before the Typhoons were needed—and I never want to put the House in that position. I can assure the hon. Gentleman, however, that I have had no indication …”

“I cannot add any more to what I have already said. Once again, I am sure that those on the Treasury Bench have listened to the right hon. Member. I know that we have three hours for the next debate, but, quite rightly, this message has gone across. I could not be clearer: I expect the Government to come forward with a …”

“Order. I think I got the message in the first five minutes. I am very grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of her point of order. As she says, a contingent liability of this size would normally involve the laying of a memorandum for a period of 14 sitting days before the guarantee is approved. The written stat…”

“I gently say to the right hon. Gentleman, as he is a senior Member, that though he has taken the time he felt was required, it has been longer than 15 minutes. May I just say that when we refer to other Members, it should be by constituency, not by name. I call the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.”

“I call the Leader of the Opposition.”

“We come to the leader of the Liberal Democrats.”

“I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. I have had no indication that Ministers intend to come to the House to make a statement on this matter, but he has certainly put the point on the record. I know that many other Members are concerned. I will look to the Government to bring forward a statement on o…”