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HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. After the hon. Member for Halton (Derek Twigg), who is the next speaker to be called, the time limit will have to be reduced to three minutes on account of the level of…15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActThank you very much indeed. The three-minute limit now applies.15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. Nobody is going to shout the right hon. Gentleman down, just as nobody will shout the Prime Minister down. All they are doing by causing me to intervene is taking time…15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. The House must calm itself—zen, restraint, patience—and hear the Prime Minister.15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActAs I explained the sequence earlier, it should now be familiar to colleagues. I begin by inviting the Leader of the Opposition to move amendment (a).15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI will come to other colleagues, but first of all a point of order from the Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn.15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. People talk about respect in this House, but there is a Minister of the Crown shouting at the right hon. Lady. I say in the kindest way, he is normally a very genial…15 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsOrder. As I am often moved to observe at Health questions, demand tends to exceed supply, as in the health service under whichever Government, but we must now move on.15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI will come to the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford), but first, a point of order from the Leader of the House.15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. The first of the approximately 70 Members wishing to speak from the Back Benches is the Father of the House, Mr Kenneth Clarke.15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI know the right hon. Gentleman will not take offence when I say that he was using the device of a point of order, as is entirely understandable in these circumstances, to say…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am grateful.15 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMy response to the hon. Lady is as follows. First, there may well be an opportunity for her to air her own thoughts on the situation we face and the suggested way forward in the…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House can add to what she has said in the supplementary business statement if she likes. If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me for saying so, that seemed to me a…15 Jan 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseIs this really going to be necessary? I call Simon Hoare.15 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderAs I have already indicated, I made a judgment last week. I look at issues on a case-by-case basis, which is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. I know the hon. Gentleman will…14 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThat may very well be so, and I am not unsympathetic to the hon. Lady’s proposition, but I was speaking pretty much off the top of my head, and what I did not say but should have…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Universal CreditOrder. The hon. Lady is always ahead of herself. What she does at this stage is say, “To ask the Minister to make a statement on universal credit”. We will get her full blast in a…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderThat has long been the practice. I am not going to get involved in a detailed disquisition on these matters tonight as I think that would be premature and unnecessary. The hon.…14 Jan 2019HANSARD Points of OrderThe Standing Orders are perfectly clear. The hon. Gentleman need not ask me, either on his own initiative or at somebody else’s urging, a question to which the answer is readily…14 Jan 2019