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HANSARD Points of OrderI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I am sorry that one or two people, in response to the hon. Gentleman rising, yelled, “Yawn.” I wonder whether people observing our proceedings…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)Order. There is quite a lot of noisy chuntering from a sedentary position. The hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Ms Dorries) is quite beside herself in an extraordinarily irate…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Now, a self-denying ordinance would help. I think that the right hon. Member for North Shropshire (Mr Paterson) can probably deliver himself of his thoughts on this matter within…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)That may be, but what I would say to the hon. Gentleman is that, by common consent, mine were considerably better.09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman, and his antennae are keenly attuned to the debate. There is a fine dividing line, and the hon. Member for Dudley North (Ian Austin)…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)Order. I do not wish to be unkind to the hon. Lady, but she is not entirely averse to making loud noises from a sedentary position, so although I appreciate her important…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)The right hon. Lady may be flummoxed or irked to discover that the Government do not notify me of their intentions in relation to who might or might not speak. Unless there is a…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)I seek a right hon. or hon. Member on the Government Benches, but it is not immediately obvious that any wishes to contribute. [ Laughter. ] I do not see why that is a source of…09 Sept 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)We now come to the motion in the name of the Leader of the Opposition, to be moved under Standing Order No. 24. I remind the House, although I am sure that colleagues are keenly…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Order. There is so much noise that it would be understandable if the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster were unable to hear the right hon. and learned Member for Beaconsfield…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)What an invidious choice. I call Dr Rosena Allin-Khan.09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Let me see— [Interruption.] Oh, I do beg the pardon of the hon. Member for North Dorset (Simon Hoare); I think he used to make those sorts of coughing noises when he was at Oxford…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)We are deeply obliged to the right hon. Gentleman. We now need very short speeches, of no more than four minutes.09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Order. Has the right hon. Gentleman finished his oration?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 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderThank you. I just say to the right hon. Gentleman, the Leader of the Opposition, that he is very much more experienced and senior than I, but I think that as Back Benchers in our…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)I hope the right hon. Lady will forgive me, but I was immersed—there is no point in my pretending otherwise—in a Socratic dialogue with an hon. Gentleman, as the Chair sometimes…09 Sept 2019HANSARDProrogation (Disclosure of Communications)Order. The point of order trumps the attempted intervention even of an illustrious Law Officer.09 Sept 2019HANSARDPoints of OrderI thank the right hon. Gentleman for what he has said. I want to observe—others will bear testimony to this, in the light of what he has just said— that the right hon. Gentleman…09 Sept 2019HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019 (Rule of Law)The right hon. Gentleman asks for leave to propose a debate on a specific and important matter that should have urgent consideration: the welcome completion of all parliamentary…09 Sept 2019