Judith Cummins

Middle East: Economic Response

I call the shadow Chancellor.

Middle East

I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

The reasoned amendment in the name of the Leader of the Opposition has been selected.

Middle East: Economic Response

I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

Middle East

I call Calvin Bailey.

Middle East

That concludes the statement. I thank Members for shortening their questions, so that we could get everybody in.

Business of the House

Order. Before the next question, Members should be aware that I am aiming to finish business questions at about 12.15 pm, so it is unlikely that I will get everybody in, even if the questions are very short.

Business of the House

That concludes business questions. I have a list of Members who were unsuccessful in catching my eye today, but may I ask Members to reflect on the length of their questions? With such long questions, it is really difficult to get everybody in.

Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

Middle East

I call the shadow Foreign Secretary.

Middle East

I call the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

Order. A lot of Members with a direct constituency interest rightly want to put their remarks on the record. There will be an immediate six-minute time limit for Back-Bench speeches, but we will very swiftly move to three minutes to enable as many Members as possible to speak on this important topic. I call the shadow Minister.

Humble Address: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

I call the shadow Minister.

Middle East

I remind Members that they can cut straight to the question.

Middle East

I call the Minister to give an example of a really nice, short answer.

Middle East

Order. I remind Members that questions need to be much shorter if we are going to get business done today.

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill

With a six-minute time limit, I call the Chair of the Business and Trade Committee.

Middle East: Economic Response

Before I call the Chancellor to make her statement, I have to say to her that Mr Speaker has checked the ministerial code, which makes it clear that important policy announcements should be made in the first instance in this House when it is sitting. This House and its Members should be the first to know what the Government are doing—not TikTok. Posting videos on social media to announce new policies before informing this House is not in line with the Government’s own rules. This is a new parlia

Business of the House

For the final question, I call Laurence Turner.

Middle East: Economic Response

I call the Chair of the Treasury Committee.