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HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasNo, you will be all right. You will get an extra minute.18 Jul 2019HANSARDPersecution of Christians OverseasOrder. There is a four-minute limit on Back-Bench speeches. I ask Members to be very strict about this; otherwise, some are going to drop off the list and I do not want that to…18 Jul 2019HANSARDEarly Years Family SupportOrder. Let me just help a little. The opening speech on a Back-Bench debate is meant to be 15 minutes and we are now at 20 minutes. I am worried about that. Although of course it…16 Jul 2019HANSARDEarly Years Family SupportBefore the right hon. Lady responds, let me just say that I am not impatient—far from it. We have time on our hands. Unfortunately, I do not make the conventions of the House. As…16 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillOrder. We are straying way off. We are not about bus services. We are not about subsidies. I am sure the Member for Bury South will not be tempted. That is what Members are trying…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillOrder. I am just a little worried: we are obviously talking about new clauses to the Bill, and as much as we have all suffered with Northern rail, I want to try to keep the debate…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillAnd that is from a non-controversial Member.15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI am very relaxed.15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillI do not want to hear too much about cake.15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillOf course we will come to your amendment.15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillOrder. That is for me to judge. I have been very lenient to Members on both sides throughout the debate. To try to stop these remarks at this late stage would be a bit unjust. I…15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillOrder. What the hon. Lady is saying is important, and I presume that she will be linking her remarks to the new clauses.15 Jul 2019HANSARD High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) BillDo not give way again.15 Jul 2019HANSARDSale of New Petrol and Diesel Cars and VansMay I just say that we have a very packed debate afterwards and that the opening speeches are meant to be approximately 15 minutes in length? I hope that helps.04 Jul 2019HANSARDSale of New Petrol and Diesel Cars and VansMay I suggest to everybody an eight-minute limit, in order to give equal time?04 Jul 2019HANSARDWhistleblowingLet me just reassure you on that. I hope I do not make anybody nervous.03 Jul 2019HANSARD Dangerous DrugsOrder. I have allowed the debate to drift a little away from the scope of the debate, but I do not want it to drift too far. I ask Members to bear that in mind.03 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentOrder. I do not want us to get into too much of a debate on fracking. I recognise that it has an impact, but the danger is that we will end up with Members on both sides just…02 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentI remind the House that I have been told that there is an informal eight-minute limit. If we can stick to that, we will help everybody.02 Jul 2019HANSARDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentCan I help by saying that I still make the decisions? I do not want this to descend into a debate purely about fracking. It can be referred to in passing, of course, and I…02 Jul 2019