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HANSARD Thomas CookThe Secretary of State will be aware that the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones) is a distinguished former Transport Minister. Indeed, I well recall that…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Thomas CookWe cannot take points of order during a statement. Points of order will flow after either this statement or other statements at the discretion of the Chair.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Hacker HouseDoes it appertain to these exchanges?25 Sept 2019HANSARD Legal Advice: ProrogationExtreme brevity is now required. Single-sentence questions, please, without preamble. I call Lady Hermon.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI am going to try to be helpful to the hon. Gentleman, who is a most dedicated and assiduous Member of two years’ standing. We do not have points of order in the middle of…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOf course I completely understand that the Prime Minister will offer his own answers, short or long, as he thinks fit. I just innocently make the observation, en passant, that…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOh, don’t worry about me. I can more than hack it. We are a bit longer here than the Prime Minister and I were on the tennis court, but never mind.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOrder, order! Just for the avoidance of doubt, I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman will not state in this House that the Prime Minister has lied in the House. He must not do…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOrder. I have rightly protected the right hon. Lady from inappropriate attempts to cut her off, but she must ask a question. I very much hope that she is approaching the end of…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateIf the points of order, consistent with the earlier approach, arise specifically from and relate to the matters with which we have just been dealing, I will take them. […25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his point of order. I did not say to the Prime Minister that the point of order related to his conduct or behaviour; I did not know…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOrder. People are gesticulating wildly. I can scarcely hear the Prime Minister myself, and I wish to hear the statement, as other colleagues should also wish to do.25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateOrder. May I ask the hon. Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes), before calling him, whether he can confirm—if he can, that is fine—that he has been here since 6.30 without…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Prime Minister's UpdateI have heard what the right hon. Lady has said, and I treat it with the greatest possible respect. I am well aware of, and personally familiar with, the fact of the abuse and…25 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)Order. There is far too much noise in the Chamber. The decibel level needs to reduce. The Prime Minister should not have to shout to make himself heard, and the same will apply…09 Sept 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOrder. It is a perfectly reasonable inquiry. Whether it is something upon which I can adjudicate remains to be seen, but I will only know that if I hear it, and the hyena noises…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Yes, there is not an unpurged contempt, and my recollection of the particular case, whose details I am broadly familiar with, is that he was not invited to apologise, but there…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)We need to have even shorter speeches, because the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster must have his opportunity to respond. I am sure that a great intellectual colossus such as…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Order. I am extremely grateful to the hon. and learned Lady, but I gently point out to her that, as there is a significant number of other Members waiting to contribute, and as…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEarly Parliamentary General Election (No. 2)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. At this stage it is a hypothetical question, because one would need to look at the specifics, but what I would say to him is that if there is…09 Sept 2019