Speeches by Hoyle.

“I am not going to continue the debate, but I will take a point of order.”

“The right hon. Member and party leader knows very well the mechanisms that he can use. I do not think that today is the end of the matter. I think this will be returned to at some point. In fairness to the Minister, he said that the House would be updated as and when the Government had the information. The points have …”

“I welcome the new Leader of the House and thank the previous Leader of the House. I am looking forward to this session!”

“Order. I expect this to run for around an hour, so Members can help each other with short and punchy questions. I call Elsie Blundell to set a good example.”

“Right, with all those pleasantries done, we now come to the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Minister—welcome.”

“I call Perran Moon.”

“Order. Please—this is very important. A lot of people will be listening to what is going on in this Chamber, so let us give some courtesies to each other.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Father of the House.”

“Order. The hon. Member for Camborne and Redruth (Perran Moon) has just mentioned another Member. I presume that he has contacted her to let her know that he was going to do so. Is that the case?”

“Please do not do that again. We are meant to treat each other with respect. This message is for all Members: if you are going to mention another Member, do them the courtesy of ensuring that they are first made aware of the fact.”

“I call the Leader of the Opposition.”

“Welcome, Secretary of State.”

“I presume there is a constituency link.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I have sent a letter of condolence to the royal family on behalf of the Commons, following the sad news about the Duchess of Kent. Let us now come back to Dr Luke Evans.”

“Order. If the right hon. Gentleman carries on, there won’t be 10 more decades of the SNP in this Chamber.”

“I call the leader of the Liberal Democrats.”