Paula Barker

I remind hon. Members to face the Chair, not other hon. Members.

Order. I remind hon. Members to bob if they wish to be called to speak. Given the level of interest in this important debate, I will immediately impose a time limit of two and a half minutes. It is up

I hope the whole House will join me in condemning the personal attacks and smears that the Foreign Secretary faced over the weekend. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] I congratulate my right hon. Friend a

Order. I need to impose a time limit of three minutes.

We begin with the Select Committee statement. Peter Swallow will speak on the publication of the second report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, “Human Rights of Children in the Social Care Syst

I will call Alex Brewer to move the motion, and I will then call the Minister to respond. I remind other hon. Members that they may make a speech only with prior permission from the Member in charge o