Speeches by Ghani.

“Does the Secretary of State wish to respond? Hopefully, we are not going to prolong the debate.”

“Order. To prevent any further confusion, I should point out that this is not a debate but a response to an urgent question, and Members do not intervene on the Minister.”

“Order. Minister.”

“Unfortunately, I am not responsible for the content of speeches made by Front Benchers or by Back Benchers. That is not a matter for the Chair, but the hon. Member has most definitely got his point on the record.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“I call the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee.”

“Is the point of order really relevant?”

“We cannot prolong the debate, but the hon. Member has most definitely got his point on the record.”

“Order. I urge colleagues to keep their questions short.”

“Order. I have no desire to meet your local businesses, Ms Griffiths. You are obviously directing your comment at the hon. Gentleman.”

“Order.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order. I do not wish to put on the public record which establishments I do and do not frequent, Minister.”

“Talking of cake, I call Dr Ben Spencer.”

“Order. Many colleagues have been waiting for a while to speak. To enable me to get every colleague in, I need to drop the speaking limit to three minutes and encourage Members not to take interventions. The next person to speak will be Dr Scott Arthur with three minutes.”

“Order. If I needed the hon. Member’s help, I would have asked for it. Mr Lowe, this is a very serious subject. We have to make sure that our language is appropriate and serious. I will now call the Minister, and no doubt you will want to intervene on him, but please keep your language in check.”

“Order.”

“Mr Lowe, we spoke about this earlier. We do not accuse each other of misleading and we do not accuse each other of lying. There are different ways of framing such questions—”