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HANSARD 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 GovernmentIt is commonplace, but it is not, in any sense, obligatory.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 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 GovernmentWhether an intervention is taken or not—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 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 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 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 GovernmentThank you.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 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 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 OrderNo? Not at this stage.16 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI was shocked to hear of that incident, and I concur entirely with everything that the right hon. Lady has said to the Chamber today, as I have done on a number of recent…16 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderI thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order and his courtesy in warning me of his intention to raise it. I take seriously these breaches of privacy, and that is what they…16 Jan 2019HANSARD No Confidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentIs the right hon. Gentleman just pausing?16 Jan 2019HANSARDDefence SectorHappy birthday, Mr Sweeney. I gather it is a significant birthday—30 today and you do not look a day older than 20.16 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. Zen—the House must calm itself. It is an early stage of our proceedings.15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. The hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Alan Brown) is rather excitable today. The Attorney General yields to none in his courtesy in the House, but it is not…15 Jan 2019