Summer Adjournment

Natascha Engel Excerpts

Tuesday 19th July 2011 Commons Chamber

[Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab)]

I beg to move,

That this House has considered matters to be raised before the forthcoming adjournment.

Thank you for calling me, Mr Deputy Speaker; I thought that this moment would never arrive. A total of 66 Members want to participate in the debate, including our newest Member—my hon. Friend the Member for Inverclyde (Mr McKenzie)—who is hoping to make his maiden speech. [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] It is unfortunate therefore that two Government statements, important though they both were, have taken almost two hours out of Back Benchers’ time. To set an example of brevity and to prepare us for all the constituency carnivals and fairs at which we will be spending most of our time during the recess, I hereby declare the debate open.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Mr Lindsay Hoyle)]

We are now coming to a maiden speech, and I remind hon. Members not to intervene on it.

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