Speeches by Ghani.

“That was very powerful. I call Leigh Ingham.”

“The Member in charge has given instruction earlier today that he wishes to defer his Bill to Friday 28 March and will not move Second Reading of the Bill today. We will therefore move on to the next Bill set down for today. Pets (Microchips) Bill Motion made, That the Bill be now read a Second time.”

“That intervention was slightly broad in scope, but it returned at the end.”

“That was most definitely Parliament at its best. Question put and agreed to. Bill accordingly read a Second time; to stand committed to a Public Bill Committee (Standing Order No. 63).”

“Thank you so much for keeping well within the time limit. I call the Chair of the Education Committee.”

“I call the shadow Minister.”

“I call the Minister.”

“Order. I think eight Members are hoping to contribute. We will calibrate again. There will be a time limit of four minutes, because I want to make sure they all get in.”

“The last few minutes go to Chris Bloore to wind up.”

“Due to the number of withdrawals, Members may have noticed that we have stopped the clocks timing speeches. There are two colleagues left, and I will allow you to police yourselves. Members on the Front Benches want to be up by 4.30 pm, so I will let you manage the time between yourselves.”

“I thank the hon. Member for his point of order. Now that he has put it on the record, it will be recorded as such. We come now to the Front-Bench contributions. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“The subject of this debate is the contribution of Muslims to communities, so I look forward to hearing it.”

“The hon. Member will know that the content of statements that Ministers make is not the responsibility of the Chair, but he has put his comments on the record. Of course, he can go to the Table Office, which will give him further advice on how he can put in probing questions for further clarity. No doubt those on the T…”

“I am grateful to the right hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. The Chair is not responsible for the accuracy of ministerial statements in the House, but he has put his point on the record and no doubt those on the Treasury Bench are taking note and listening.”

“Before the hon. Lady responds, she will no doubt realise that she is close to eight minutes. I know she will want to speak for a little while, but not too much longer.”

“Order. There were two points of order on declarations earlier, and I think I made the situation quite clear. I just wish to let Mr Mayhew know that, if he is referring to Members directly with any form of criticism, he is meant to give them prior warning, so he should be mindful of that for what comes next in his speec…”

“Miss Murray, you used the term “you”. If it makes it easier, you can speak focused on the Chair, and that way you will not make such a mistake. Saying “thank you” means thanking me, and it gets very complicated for Hansard, so it is best not to do that. Just focus on the Chair, and that will help. I need to make a corr…”

“Order. More than 30 Members wish to speak. I do not want to set a time limit, but if Members can police themselves and keep their speeches to just shy of eight minutes, everyone will definitely get in.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Obviously, further clarity on this issue is required, as it was raised earlier. It is the responsibility of individual Members to ensure that they declare their interests properly. The procedure for raising a complaint of this sort is by writing to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. The guide to the rules se…”