Speeches by Dowd.

“Order. I remind Members that, should they wish to bob to be called in the debate, they should do so. Members have two minutes to speak.”

“That was the final Back-Bench speech. With the forbearance of those on the Front Bench, I wanted to get in all hon. Members, given the importance of and interest shown in the debate. I would be grateful if they would bear that in mind in their responses. I call Luke Taylor, the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“I thank everybody for their forbearance—everyone got in to speak—and the Front Benchers for their slightly truncated responses. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered town and city centre safety.”

“I assure the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon that I read his parliamentary contributions assiduously, side by side with the Labour manifesto—so there. Question put and agreed to.”

“Order. I remind Members that 20-odd people wish to speak. That means that everyone will get a maximum of about two minutes—I might as well give everyone a heads-up on that—so if there are to be interventions, then, as I have said in the past, can they be a sketch, not an oil painting, please?”

“I thank everyone for their flexibility; we managed to get everybody in. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered horse and rider road safety.”

“Order. I just want to bring it to Members’ attention that we will get to the Opposition spokespersons and the Minister at 10 past. Lots of people wish to speak and we have had lots of interventions. I am going to be as flexible as I possibly can, but I am not quite sure that we are going to get through all the Members,…”

“Order. I remind the hon. Gentleman that it is now 4.22 pm and the Minister has to speak, so I would be grateful if he could start to wind up.”

“Order. I am sorry, but this is an intervention, not a short speech.”

“I was about to remind Members to bob if they wanted to speak, so thank you very much for doing so. Members will have only two minutes, so bear that in mind, especially when taking interventions, otherwise we will not get through everybody.”

“Order. I ask the hon. Member for Horsham (John Milne) not to take the opportunity of the extra minute he has just been given due to that intervention.”

“I completely endorse what my hon. Friend is saying and his plan for a medal. Does he agree that organisations such as Veterans in Sefton in my constituency do a remarkable job, supporting people across Merseyside? This would be another symbol of our support for our veterans, who do such a fantastic job for our country.”

“Order. If the Minister wants to give way, she is perfectly entitled to, but you should not force it by standing up.”

“Order. I will not remind Members to bob, because you are already bobbing—thank you for that. However, given that so many people wish to speak, I will regrettably be imposing a formal two-minute limit.”

“Order. Let the Minister answer the question.”

“Before I call Alex Easton, I remind Members that I have allowed them more flexibility in coming and going than I would ordinarily, given the sensitivity of the issue and people having arrived late. Please bear that in mind in future.”

“I will call Anna Dixon to move the motion and then I will call the Minister to respond. I remind other Members that they can only make a speech with the prior permission of both the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the conventio…”

“Thank you very much for that point. I am sure we will be able to take it up with the House authorities. I remind other Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge of the debate and the Minister. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the …”

“I will call Emma Foody to move the motion and then the Minister to respond.”

“I think we will have time for the mover of the motion to wind up the debate, but first to the Minister.”