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HANSARD Exiting the European UnionOrder. I appeal to Members on both sides of the House to calm down. I say to very senior Members who, from a sedentary position, are chuntering really very inanely, do try to grow…11 Mar 2019HANSARDShamima Begum and Other CasesOrder. Mr Wallace, please, I respect your governmental responsibilities and the seriousness with which you take them, but I appeal to you just to listen to the exchanges. You can…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am sorry if the hon. Lady is concerned, and I do not cavil at that: these are very important times for all of us. The answer is that there almost certainly will be a precedent,…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderNo, I was not thinking of one thing rather than another, but it is perfectly possible that there could be urgent questions. As colleagues know, urgent question applications are…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThe answer is that it could come at any time, with the agreement of the Chair. I do not seek to minimise the significance of the hon. Lady’s point. However, there are precedents…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderWell, I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I think that that is, I will not say above or below my pay grade, but on a different remuneration scale—let me put it like…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderTaking the last point first, I am happy to agree with the hon. Gentleman and to confirm that it is certainly not my view that it is desirable to proceed on the basis of manuscript…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderCertainly that statement will be the last of any statements today, but the right hon. Gentleman is quite right in expecting that it will not simply follow after the second…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am grateful to the hon. Member for Edinburgh South (Ian Murray) and the right hon. Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr Francois) for their points of order. I am reluctant at…11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderDoes it appertain to the exchanges that have just taken place? [Interruption.] Oh, very well, I will indulge the hon. Gentleman. Points of order ordinarily would come later.11 Mar 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderIf it is on the same matter, I will hear the right hon. Gentleman.11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesYeah, and I as a Back Bencher had a really good relationship with my Whips! I had a relationship with my Whips that was characterised by trust and understanding: I did not trust…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI just say for the benefit of hon. and right hon. Members that the hon. Gentleman’s choice of language is really a matter of taste rather than of order. I know that the right hon.…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesWell, I do not think I am offering the hon. Gentleman advice, but what I can give is a very clear indication of what the procedures of this House require. It is not by way of…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesI think that the right hon. Member for Derbyshire Dales (Sir Patrick McLoughlin) was asking for the view of the Minister. The clue is in the nature of the exchange. If an hon.…11 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Legal ChangesOrder. That is absolutely no responsibility of the Minister. It was a disorderly question; an answer is unnecessary and it was a complete waste of everybody’s time.11 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI feel I must respect the position of a former headteacher, no less—I call Thelma Walker.11 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI heard perfectly clearly. Does the hon. Gentleman want to blurt out the last sentence very briefly?11 Mar 2019HANSARDTechnical and Vocational Education and TrainingEverybody in this Chamber believes what he or she says from either the Front Bench or the Back Benches. It is a point so blindingly obvious that only an extraordinarily…11 Mar 2019HANSARDTeaching and Support Staff: Recruitment and RetentionIt is time for the right hon. Gentleman to issue his brevity textbook. Let us have an extract.11 Mar 2019