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HANSARD Points of OrderNo? Not at this stage.16 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and I can answer him very simply. No, I have no intention of trying to change the Standing Orders of the House. With the very greatest of…16 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderIt is not for me to bring the Procedure Committee into play. However, I am in the hands of the House, and the House can take a view on these matters and may well choose to do so.…16 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI have made the position clear on money resolutions in the past, and I am not going to entertain hypothetical questions. I have tried to be— [ Interruption. ] Order. I am not…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThank you.16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentNo, there is no “all right” about it. The person who has the Floor decides whether to take an intervention. That is life. That is the reality. That is the way it has always been.16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentThe Clerk reminds me that that is not a point of order. My understanding is that there was a pairing opportunity, but the issue was aired in the chamber on Monday and again…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentOrder. There are courtesies in this place. A Member can seek to intervene, but he or she should not do so out of frustration by shrieking an observation across the Floor.16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentWell, whether we say shriek or yell or bellow or shout, it was very noisy, and it was disorderly. The right hon. Gentleman knows that I hold him in the highest regard and have…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentWhether an intervention is taken or not—16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentOrder. No, Mr David Morris, do not yell from a sedentary position like that. If you seek to intervene, you seek to do so in the usual way—that is the only way to do it. Just…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentQuite right, absolutely. That is very reasonable and sensible. Thank you. I call Mark Francois, on a point of order.16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentIt is commonplace, but it is not, in any sense, obligatory.16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentOrder. Stop trying to shout other Members down. Calm yourselves.16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentOrder. The House is over-excited. Although the right hon. Gentleman is well able to look after himself, he must be heard. Sometimes there is a concerted and excessively noisy…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentTwo minutes. I call Luke Graham.16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentOrder. You always have a very amiable disposition, Mr Kerr, but you are becoming a mildly exuberant denizen of the House—dare I say it, in your conduct even a tad eccentric, to…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentOrder. On account of the level of demand, a five-minute limit on Back-Bench speeches will now apply.16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentOrder. I am extremely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman and I apologise for interrupting him. The Opposition are very considerably disadvantaged by the malfunction of the…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI appreciate it is difficult, but Members do know the minute situation when they stand. They might not know the second situation, but they do know the minute situation.16 Jan 2019