Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab Co-op)

My Lords, for the benefit of the House, I thought it would be helpful to point out that we next have Questions on an Answer to an Urgent Question asked in the House of Commons for up to 10 minutes. The House expects questions, not speeches, from all noble Lords. We will then move on to three Oral Statements. In each case, when we move on to Back-Bench contributions, it is 20 minutes of questions, not speeches. If we stick to this sound advice, as set out in the Companion, we will get more questions from more Members of the House to more Ministers. That is what we all want to see. This plea for brevity equally applies to my noble friends on the ministerial Benches here.