Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2)

My hon. Friend is trying get a balance on the scrutiny issue. Is the simple way of doing that not...

If we were to do that in this specific case, we would default to having the one day of debate tha...

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I will give way in a moment. I do not want to get too far off the beaten track, but I think that ...

We are seeing new Government policy here. This was never in the coalition agreement and, until no...

As the last bit of that intervention was so trite, I will give way to the right hon. Member for D...

I just wish to make the point that there is no unanimity across the House that every piece of leg...

I was not wishing to get off the beaten track, and I did not say that there was unanimity in the ...

I beg to move amendment (a), from “Second day”, leave out from beginning to paragraph 5 and inser...

Order. I understand that new information has just been disclosed to the right hon. Member for Del...

I am supporting the amendment as well as speaking about the motion, Mr Speaker. I wish to get som...

I think that it is clear that the right hon. Gentleman is moving the amendment and will decide on...

If I may, Mr Speaker, I want to seek a few assurances from the Minister before I resume my seat.<...

Let me clarify. Has the right hon. Gentleman moved the amendment and might he seek the leave of t...

That is indeed the situation. I hope I have made that clear, but if I have not, so be it.

I...

I thank my hon. Friend the Minister of State for how he introduced the programme motion and for t...

This has been a complete and utter shambles. It is outrageous that the programme motion was only ...

It is a great honour and privilege to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), who has ...

Not me.

Indeed. Let us just try. If I am wrong, Members can tell me so, but let the Government withdraw t...

The hon. Gentleman mentioned the exclusion of minority parties. Does he agree that, even if a bus...

In relation to the matter before us, that would be very important, of course, but I envisaged tha...

The debate is quite important, because we all know the importance of getting the post-Leveson sce...

Foul waters indeed.

The foulest in Europe, apparently—and that is why we are not part of them, probably.

On a s...

There are two parts to our deliberation: first, whether the House should programme business at al...

There are two issues that the Minister has not addressed. First, we do not know what “concluded” ...

On the first point, on when something can be said to have concluded, I had not realised that that...

Will the Minister give way?

Wait a second. Hon. Members keep making points that I am about to address in response to the cont...

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Okay. Given that I am trying to help the House by responding to questions in the debate, I shall ...

Who makes the decision on whether the talks have concluded or not?

The participants in the talks, I assume. It will be apparent to them whether they have finished t...

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I am fearful of running out of time before I have answered the substantive points, rather than th...

The Minister has made the position clear to the House. The official Opposition have taken from th...

On that extremely consensual and sensible point, the Opposition spokesman has come to my view aft...

I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.

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