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HANSARD Points of OrderI think this has some relevance to security, and the Chair would not normally pronounce on such matters in the Chamber, but I want to reflect on the right hon. Gentleman’s point,…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseOrder. I remind the House of the informal limit of eight minutes. If it were breached, I would have to impose a stricter formal limit, and I hope not to have to do that.12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseOrder. I will apply at this point an informal limit of eight minutes on Back-Bench speeches, but I say to the next Member to speak that there is no obligation to speak up to that…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI always seek to facilitate the House and to ensure that the full range of opinion is expressed. These are matters of debate and, notwithstanding the sedulous efforts to entice me…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Inequality and Social MobilityWe now come to the second Opposition day motion in the name of the Leader of the Opposition. To move the motion, I call Margaret Greenwood. [ Interruption. ] Perhaps the House can…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseOh! I had not anticipated the right hon. and learned Gentleman, but I call Mr Kenneth Clarke. May I just say that, notwithstanding the immense celebrity of the right hon. and…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseNo. The hon. Gentleman is a perceptive denizen of the House, and he has not missed any relevant paperwork. He is right about the procedural character of the motion. There is a…12 Jun 2019HANSARDSpeaker’s AnnouncementI will now announce the result of the ballot held today for the election of a new Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee. Four hundred and forty-seven votes were cast,…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Points of OrderIt is certainly open to a Minister to seek to respond, and it looks as though one is minded to do so.12 Jun 2019HANSARDNet Zero Emissions TargetWell! There is an embarrassment of riches. The right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Sir Edward Davey) is of course a former Secretary of State, and he is a Kingston…12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe hon. Gentleman might not have been a candidate so far, but he is scarcely at the midpoint of his parliamentary career, and we know not what awaits us, or him, in the future.12 Jun 2019HANSARDEmployment: West MidlandsOrder. The right hon. Gentleman will not be shouted down; it is not going to happen. Do not waste your breath. It is not productive, and it is terribly boring.12 Jun 2019HANSARDEngagementsOrder. We come now to the statement from the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Dr Greg Clark. If the right hon. Gentleman wishes to await a quieter…12 Jun 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Business of the HouseI do not want to state an expected length now. I will say that the observation about an hour is something that may have got abroad, but it is mere surmise. This debate could run…12 Jun 2019HANSARD Points of OrderTo some extent, the hon. Gentleman has achieved his own salvation by airing the matter in the Chamber. That is not a point of order as such, but I am minded to observe that,…12 Jun 2019HANSARDFree TV Licences: Over-75sI do not know what the hon. Member for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill (Hugh Gaffney) did or did not pick up, but he has certainly been here throughout these exchanges.11 Jun 2019HANSARDSmall Businesses: Morley and OutwoodWith all due respect to the indefatigability of the hon. Member for Glasgow East (David Linden), it has to be said that Hull is considerably nearer to the geographical sweet spot…11 Jun 2019HANSARDSmall Businesses: ScotlandOrder. I call David Linden.11 Jun 2019HANSARDSolar PowerLateral thinking, I say to the hon. Member for North West Leicestershire (Andrew Bridgen). Solar power and engineering are not altogether unrelated; with a degree of imagination,…11 Jun 2019HANSARDFree TV Licences: Over-75sEnjoy the next 49 days—plus the year, of course.11 Jun 2019