Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Sep 2019 Thomas Cook
"We cannot take points of order during a statement. Points of order will flow after either this statement or other statements at the discretion of the Chair...." John Bercow - View Speech
"The Secretary of State will be aware that the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones) is a distinguished former Transport Minister. Indeed, I well recall that when he served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for buses, being a man of the people as he is, he was wont …..." John Bercow - View Speech
"Order. To this point, the erudition of questions has been equalled only by their length. Unfortunately, there is a premium on time, as we have other matters with which we have to deal, so I appeal to colleagues to cast aside pre-written scripts and to confine themselves to single sentence—preferably …..." John Bercow - View Speech
"In my experience, the hon. Member for Stafford is a notably well-behaved fellow, so I am sure he will confine himself to a single sentence...." John Bercow - View Speech
"I will take remaining questioners if they have a short sentence each, but if it is longer I am afraid I will have to cut it off...." John Bercow - View Speech
"In procedural terms, there is no bar to the introduction of primary legislation in the course of the current Session, if the Government are minded to schedule it. I think, to be fair to the Minister, what he was probably driving at is that the Government have to take a …..." John Bercow - View Speech