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HANSARDPoints of OrderMy understanding is that the motion today, and the amendment, are undebatable: there is to be no debate on them. I have not made, as the hon. Gentleman suggests, a change of…09 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsIndeed. Let us hear from the Minister for Africa.09 Jan 2019HANSARD Armed Forces (Derogation from European Convention on Human Rights)We are on a ten-minute rule motion, so no.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI did hear those words. I did not hear a particular Member, and I did not see a Member mouth those words, but I did hear those words. I think it was most unfortunate that that was…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOf course I will come back to other colleagues. I thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman for his point of order, which I think requires no response from me; it stands on its…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderYes. A point of order now from Sir Bernard Jenkin.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI note what the hon. Gentleman says, and he will not be surprised to know that I share his judgment in the matter. For the avoidance of doubt and the understanding of people who…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order and for his characteristic courtesy. The answer is simple. The right hon. Gentleman referred to a motion and said that no…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. First, let me thank him for his kind remarks that prefaced his inquiry. This is the first that I have learned of the…09 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. I am well aware that the hon. Lady is a former chair of the Internal Market Committee of the European Parliament. In case there are people present who were not aware of…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderMy understanding is that the Business of the House motion was tabled yesterday afternoon by the Government; I confess I do not know at precisely what time, but my recollection and…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderNo, for the very simple reason that the terms for today, specified by the Government Chief Whip, specify no debate. If the hon. Lady asks me whether there will be a debate, the…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderOrder. I thank the Leader of the House for her point of order, and what I say to her is twofold. First, of course I consult the Clerk of the House and other senior Clerks, and I…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderIt seems entirely reasonable for me to say to the right hon. Gentleman that I would like to reflect on that matter. [Hon. Members: “Ah!”] Order. Members cavil as though there is…09 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActOrder. There is no formal time limit on Back-Bench speeches at present, but it would be helpful for colleagues to know that speeches of approximately 10 minutes each, and…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the hon. Lady for what she has said. I do not know whether there is any precedent for such advice having been issued, but my understanding is that it has not previously…09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his point of view. He is quite right that we met, I think, in the anteroom of the Bristol Conservative Association headquarters at 5…09 Jan 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have not heard from Mr Charalambous. We must hear from the feller!09 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActI am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his magnificent succinctness, upon which he should be congratulated.09 Jan 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI am sorry, but there is a distinction between a motion and an amendment. What the right hon. Gentleman says about a motion I accept, but it does not relate to an amendment. That…09 Jan 2019