Speeches by Ghani.

“I call the Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.”

“Order. Questions need to be much shorter, as do the answers from the Secretary of State.”

“Order. We do not reference Members by their names, but by their constituencies. Get straight to the question!”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“The Deputy Speaker who was in the Chair before me read out the statement, and I will do so again for clarity. Having given careful consideration to Lords amendments 2 and 3, Mr Speaker is satisfied that they would impose a charge on the public revenue that has not yet been authorised by this House. In accordance with p…”

“Order. There appear to be many side conversations taking place. If Members wish to leave the Chamber, they can do so. Otherwise, we should focus on what the Minister is saying.”

“Order. Mr Francois, the speech has finished. We now come to the Minister for the wind-up.”

“For the final Back-Bench contribution, I call Andrew Rosindell.”

“Before I call the shadow Foreign Secretary, for the benefit of the House, and to provide a fuller response to the point of order raised by the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes), it is Lords amendments 2 and 3, which relate to the referendum, that will be disagreed to under Standing O…”

“Time is tight, and interventions should be taken with caution. I call Sir John Hayes.”

“I thank—[Interruption.] Order. I can make a decision; I do not need any help. That was not exactly a point of order, Minister. It was much more of an intervention, which may have been taken by the Member who was about to rise to her feet. However, the Minister has got his point on the record. We need to move at a pace;…”

“Please keep your speech short.”

“The advice I am getting from the Clerk is that that is incorrect because the amendments were disagreed to in the Lords, so we must continue with the debate in hand, as on the Order Paper.”

“The time limit on speeches is now four minutes.”

“Order. Mr Hayes, this debate is about the issue in hand, not the credibility of the Opposition. Let us get to the point quickly.”

“Dr Luke Evans, you need to stop using points of order to continue debates. No doubt Mr Hayes is going to get right to the point and then conclude very quickly.”

“I hope this is an actual point of order.”

“That is not a point of order. Can we prevent the debate from continuing in points of order? If colleagues wish to intervene, they can try to do so, and it is up to the Minister whether he wishes to respond to those interventions. We can keep going until 7.18 pm when the time will cut off.”