Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:46 pm on 8 October 2024.
Nusrat Ghani
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means
1:46,
8 October 2024
Many Back Benchers wish to contribute, and I want to make sure that that happens. Back-Bench speeches will be limited to four minutes, and maiden speeches to six minutes. We all love a debate, but every Intervention eats into the contribution of another Back Bencher, so I ask Members please to be mindful of that.
A Backbencher is a Member who holds no official position in government or in his or her party. Back benchers sit on the back benches in the Chamber.
An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.
