Speeches by Ghani.

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Order. I can tell from the number of contributions that this debate is important to many colleagues. However, Members should be here at the beginning of the debate if they wish to make interventions.”

“I call Jim Shannon.”

“Order. As many colleagues are interested in this debate, may I encourage interventions to be relevant to the debate that is taking place?”

“The hon. Member for South East Cornwall gave a very authentic, powerful speech. She should be proud, as her mother and grandfather would be. We now come to the Front Benchers.”

“We now come to a maiden speech. I call Anna Gelderd.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving notice of his intention to raise this point of order. Mr Speaker has not received notice of the Government’s intention to make a statement on this subject today. I would add that Mr Speaker has repeatedly made it clear that Ministers must make important policy statements to this Ho…”

“The Chair of the Backbench Business Committee will know that that was not a real or appropriate point of order, but I appreciate his desire to ensure that Back Benchers can raise local issues in all the sections of the estate, so I am grateful to him.”

“We got nearly 60 Back Benchers in, so thank you so much for keeping the questions short and thank you to the Leader of the House as well.”

“I think I should put it on the record that I am from a family of Gooners.”

“Order. I want to get the remaining 20 colleagues in, so please keep your questions short—and, Leader of the House, keep your answers short too.”

“As it is his birthday today, I call Tim Roca.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Leader of the House.”

“We now come to the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I think the right hon. Member knows that that is not a matter for the Chair, but I know that he takes this matter very seriously, and his point of order is on the record. Knowing him, he will no doubt pursue the matter via every process and procedure available to him. Bills Presented Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers an…”

“If everybody gives short questions—and short answers, Minister—we can get this done in the next 15 minutes.”

“It would help if the Minister occasionally looked at the Chair and kept his answers short so that we can get everybody in.”