Speeches by Ghani.

“With the leave of the House, we will take motions 4 and 5 together. Administration Ordered, That Gill Furniss be discharged from the Administration Committee and Bambos Charalambous be added. Finance That Matt Bishop be discharged from the Finance Committee and Paul Davies be added.—(Jessica Morden, on behalf of the Co…”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“Has the hon. Lady concluded her speech or is she taking an intervention?”

“Order. Is the hon. Lady taking an intervention?”

“Order. Could you be seated for a moment? We are talking about the amendments to the Bill, not the overall Bill. The idea is to discuss the amendments and whether you disagree with them, but you need to bring your contribution in line with the debate this evening.”

“I call Pam Cox. Happy birthday! [Interruption.] Do you wish to contribute, or are you going to celebrate your birthday on the Back Benches?”

“With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 2—Report on the impact on Higher Education— “(1) Within one year of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must publish a report on the impact of this Act on the provision of degree apprenticeships in England. (2) The Report must include an i…”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

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

“I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. As he knows, the Chair is not responsible for the content of questions and answers. Nevertheless, Members should strive to be accurate in the comments they make to the House. If a mistake has been made, there is a procedure for correcting the rec…”

“The shadow Minister has got his point on the record.”

“The final question goes to the Father of the House.”

“Order. These are topical questions. I call the Minister.”

“Are you nearing your point?”

“Order. Before the hon. Lady responds to that intervention, I know it is Friday but you do not intervene on an intervention, and interventions are short. They are not speeches.”

“Order. Interventions should be short.”

“The hon. Gentleman knows that it is entirely up to the Member who is speaking to decide whether they wish to take or reject an intervention, just as it is up to Members attempting to make an intervention to either persist in the attempt or not. We will let the debate continue, but the hon. Gentleman is right to say tha…”