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HANSARD EU-UK Partnership: EU’s MandateOrder. We now have a time limit of four minutes.04 Jun 2020HANSARD EU-UK Partnership: EU’s MandateI should inform the House that Mr Speaker has selected the amendment to the motion in the name of Keir Starmer.04 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. He will understand that I did not want to hear it during the Minister’s winding-up speech because it would have taken…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for informing the House of that matter. As Mr Speaker had selected three amendments, having one amendment that continues to be contested…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI am grateful to the right hon. Lady. Arithmetic is my strong point: I had three amendments. One has been withdrawn. That means that I have two amendments left. It does not change…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillNo, it is not correct. There was no need for the 7 o’clock motion to be moved, because of the terms of the business of the House motion relating to today.03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillNow, I thought that we were doing very well, because all the other points of order that I have just taken were real points of order, and it is such a pleasure to have real points…03 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness without DebateI have to explain to the House the position on motion 4, on virtual participation in proceedings during the pandemic (temporary orders), which is not necessarily straightforward.…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. I can well understand his consternation. The behaviour of hon. Members when they are outside this building is, of course, not a…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI am guessing that it could well be timely, but the Minister has a very limited time in which to speak, and he should finish his speech first. Then I will take the hon.…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillBefore I ask the Clerk to read the title of the Bill, I should explain that, in these exceptional circumstances, although the Chair of the Committee would normally sit in the…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillWith this it will be convenient to consider: Amendment 2, page 4, line 38, at end insert— “(2A) For small businesses, in this Chapter, the initial period, in relation to a…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI will take the hon. Gentleman’s point of order after the Minister has finished, unless it is immediately urgent to his speech.03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillOrder. Before the hon. Gentleman answers the intervention, although he has not spoken for an inordinately long time—indeed, other Members have spoken for much longer—he has spoken…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Corporate Insolvency and Governance BillI am grateful for the right hon. Lady’s point of order and for her clarification. I will do my arithmetic again. Having started with three amendments, I now have two withdrawn, so…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Flood Defences: Tenbury WellsOrder. I cannot let the hon. Lady do that twice. I have let her do it once. We have a lot of new Members who, during this unusual time, seem to think that the normal procedures,…03 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicOrder. Before the hon. Gentleman makes another intervention, I should say that most people will not get to speak if there are lots of interventions. I will, however, allow him to…02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI have to impose a time limit now of five minutes, but that will be reduced. I call the mover of the amendment and Chair of the Procedure Committee, Karen Bradley.02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicOrder. I can answer the right hon. Gentleman. Mr Speaker has taken care of that.02 Jun 2020HANSARDProceedings during the PandemicI call the shadow Leader of the House, Valerie Vaz. I trust that Members will not unnecessarily make interventions upon the right hon. Lady, because I am hoping she will not take…02 Jun 2020