Speeches by Dowd.

“Order. I remind Members to bob if they wish to be called in the debate.”

“Order. I would like to bring to the attention of Members that we have had a huge number of interventions and we are 20 minutes into the debate. The Minister and Opposition spokesperson will get up at just after half past 3. It is a matter for the speaker whether she takes more interventions, but that does mean that the…”

“Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called in the debate.”

“I will keep this to an informal four-minute limit. Regrettably, if Members speak beyond that, I will have to introduce a formal figure.”

“I am going to have to introduce a formal time limit of three and a half minutes.”

“Order. I call Jess Asato.”

“I call Lola McEvoy to briefly respond to the debate.”

“Yes.”

“I call the Minister.”

“Thank you for your forbearance. Please try to keep to three minutes. I call Tim Farron.”

“I remind Members to bob if they wish to be called.”

“I will call Esther McVey to move the motion. I will then call the Minister to respond. There will not be an opportunity for the Member in charge to wind up, as is the convention for 30-minute debates.”

“Before I call Lisa Smart to move the motion, I inform hon. Members that the parliamentary digital communications team will be conducting secondary filming during the debate. As is the convention for 30-minute debates, the Member in charge of the debate will not have an opportunity to wind up.”

“Order. I remind Members that they should bob if they wish to be called. Only those who were here at the start will be able to speak.”

“I heard what the Minister said in relation to the footbridge—another matter that I will take up. There was massive, major consultation on the replacement of the footbridge, and for some reason National Highways chose to ditch that plan without discussing it with anybody at all. That is the concern our concern. Nobody k…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered National Highways maintenance and management of the A5036. May I say what an absolute pleasure it is to see you in the Chair, Mrs Harris? It is also a pleasure to see the Minister in his chair, although not as much of a pleasure as it is to see Mrs Harris in the Chair. I wi…”

“I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s intervention, and I am trying to find the way forward. That bridge is a reflection of National Highways’ whole approach to things: we are an encumbrance on the stuff it has to do. With some other people, including my hon. Friend the Member for Sefton Central (Bill Esterson), I met one …”

“I remind hon. Members that they need to bob. The people on my list are different from those who are bobbing, so if you do not bob, you will not get called. I appreciate that I am tending to sound like a headteacher today.”

“Yes, well done. I call Graeme Downie.”

“I call John Grady to wind up.”