Speeches by Gale.

“I call the SNP spokesperson.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesman.”

“I call the Minister.”

“I call Ruth Cadbury to wind up.”

“Briefly, Mr Shannon.”

“Order. I call Liz Jarvis.”

“I call the Chairman of the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy.”

“I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order.”

“Order. I am sorry to have had to be a little brutal, but we managed to get everybody in. We are, however, 10 minutes over time, so if Front Benchers exercised a little discretion, that would be helpful. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.”

“Order.”

“The debate will be opened by a member of the Health and Social Care Committee, Paulette Hamilton.”

“Order. It will not have escaped Members’ notice that we are playing “beat the clock” this afternoon. There is another debate to follow, with a very large number of speakers, and we are going to have to try and split the time between two debates. That means two things. First, after the next speaker I will impose a limit…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his point of order and for placing that on the record.”

“I am sure that the whole House, on both sides, will concur with the Minister’s final remarks. I thank him and the Opposition Front Benchers for their attendance.”

“Last but by no means least, I call the ever-patient Jim Shannon.”

“First, I am sure that the hon. Gentleman did not wish to imply that the Foreign Secretary was deliberately misleading the House. [Interruption.] That said—”

“Order. As it is Armed Forces Week, it is entirely appropriate for the Chair to have allowed the Minister to respond to that question, even though it was not strictly in line with the statement. But from now on, given the time that we have available, we have to come back to the statement itself.”

“The shadow Secretary of State has placed his view on the record. He will understand that that is not a matter for the Chair any further, but I hope that whatever lessons need to be learned will have been learned, and I am sure that, on both sides of the House, that is correct.”

“Order. [Interruption.] Order! That said, I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has given the Foreign Secretary notice of his intended point of order, but I think that that is a matter that he will have to raise with the Foreign Secretary himself. The hon. Gentleman will understand that the Chair cannot answer for Mi…”