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HANSARD The National Health ServiceOrder. We will begin with a time limit of seven minutes, but I would expect that to reduce as the day goes on.23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceOrder. That is not a point of order; it is a point of debate. I understand the hon. Gentleman’s frustration, so I will repeat what I said earlier: the Secretary of State has been,…23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceNo, it is not a point of order if I say it is not a point of order. I encourage the Secretary of State to make progress. I appreciate his generosity to his colleagues, but we will…23 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 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceOrder. Remember that we were all going to try to be polite. The hon. Gentleman is talking about hospitals that people care about, and we must listen to him.23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceI inform the House that Mr Speaker has selected the amendment in the name of the official Opposition.23 Oct 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order, but it is an attempt to correct the facts as he sees them. I can make no judgment on which of these facts that have been…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order, but he will not be surprised to know that it is not technically a point of order for the Chair. However, I appreciate—and I mean…23 Oct 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order, and I will try to help him. Once upon a time, a long time ago, when I sat on the Back Benches, I tried to introduce a ten-minute…23 Oct 2019HANSARD The National Health ServiceOrder. We now have a five-minute time limit.23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceOrder. That is a point of information, not a point of order. I will make no comment on it.23 Oct 2019HANSARDThe National Health ServiceOrder. Let me say before the hon. Gentleman answers the intervention, that he has been very generous in taking interventions, and that is good for the debate, but I am sure he…23 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. He makes a very reasonable point. I have been listening very carefully to the right hon. Lady. She is straying towards being out…21 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOrder. I beg the hon. Gentleman’s pardon, but I do not think that the hon. Lady was here for the start of these proceedings. Was she? Perhaps she had been here but then went out.…21 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe hon. Gentleman makes a very reasonable point, and I shall endeavour to find out what can be done to help hon. Members. I assure him and the House that whatever can be done…21 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOrder. I hesitate to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, but I will point out, just before he moves on to his next point, that there has been an innovation, and he has probably been…21 Oct 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseOrder. I was almost going to make a point of order—in fact I realise that I am making a point that, I think, is a point of order. It might help hon. Members to know—and this is…21 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyOrder. I am afraid that I have to reduce the time limit to three minutes, because otherwise it will not be possible to get everybody in.17 Oct 2019HANSARD Eden Project North (Morecambe)That was an excellent debate, totally different from and in contrast to the rest of the day, and so much better. Question put and agreed to.17 Oct 2019HANSARDThe Climate EmergencyI beg colleagues not to take interventions, which increases their time. If they do, the Member who is meant to speak last will not get to speak at all, which is just not fair.17 Oct 2019