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HANSARD Valedictory DebateI am afraid that we now have to have a time limit of eight minutes.05 Nov 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOrder. Is the hon. Lady almost finished? This is a very long point of order.05 Nov 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. He will be well aware that the making of a written statement is perfectly in order, so I can make no criticism of it from the…05 Nov 2019HANSARD Valedictory DebateTo answer the hon. Lady’s point of order, no, none of that was in order, but I am delighted to have been able to give her the opportunity to make the tributes she wanted to make.…05 Nov 2019HANSARD Historical Institutional Abuse (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]Before I invite the Minister to move Second Reading, I must announce Mr Speaker’s decision on certification for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83J “Certification of bills etc.…05 Nov 2019HANSARDElection of SpeakerHear! Hear!— [ Laughter .]04 Nov 2019HANSARDElection of SpeakerHear, hear!— [ Laughter. ] In all corners of this place there are good people who genuinely want to make the world a better place. Of course we all have different ideas about how…04 Nov 2019HANSARDElection of SpeakerWhen I was growing up in the small village of Elderslie in the west of Scotland, who would have thought that little Eleanor from across the road would one day end up standing to…04 Nov 2019HANSARD Northern Ireland Budget BillIt is very sad that this is the Minister’s last time at the Dispatch Box and in the House, and it is very sad that so many distinguished parliamentarians will not speak again from…30 Oct 2019HANSARD Cross-border Trade and AccountingThank you. What an interesting debate. It’s all right—I am a lawyer, so I understand accountants. Question put and agreed to.30 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillThank you—perfect timing. Question put, That the amendment be made.29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillI could not hear the hon. Gentleman very well, but is he suggesting that he would like to re-table or put in some other way an amendment that he had previously tabled and that had…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillOrder. I understand why the hon. Gentleman is taking this opportunity to speak to amendment 1, but as that amendment has not been selected, it is out of order for him to speak to…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Early Parliamentary General Election BillNow that the hon. Gentleman has raised the point, I am aware that he has tabled an amendment. I now have his amendment before me and am reading it. Because the knife has fallen,…29 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillOrder. There is an immediate time limit of four minutes on Back-Bench speeches.28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillOrder. We cannot have this, because the hon. Lady has just spoken for half as long as most people who wait here till 10 o’clock will get.28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillOrder. Before the Secretary of State gives way to the plethora of people who wish to intervene, at present the number of people who wish to speak means that speeches will be…28 Oct 2019HANSARD Environment BillBefore I call the shadow Minister, I should warn hon. Members that there will be an initial time limit of four minutes and that that is likely to reduce very soon to three minutes.28 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceOrder. If the Secretary of State answers the intervention, I will say to him what I said to the Opposition spokesman, which is that he has been generous in taking interventions…23 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceOrder. We now have a five-minute time limit.23 Oct 2019