Drawing his remarks to a close, Greg Clark argues that the bill strikes the "right balance" between holding MPs to account while ensuring they can do their job "without facing frivolous or politically motivated petitions".

Cabinet Office Minister Greg Clark says there would be no legal barrier to an unseated MP standing for election again.

The recall bill is "narrowly about members of Parliament" and would not automatically apply to other elected officeholders, Greg Clark tells MPs.

Greg Clark is explaining the two triggers that would enable constituents to initiate a recall of their MP and force a by-election.

The government's plans would require the imposition of a prison sentence of up to 12 months or a ban from the Commons lasting more than 21 sitting days before a recall petition could be set up. Currently, MPs are disqualified from Parliament only if they are jailed for more than 12 months.

Independent MP Lady Sylvia Hermon seeks clarification that the bill would apply to the five Sinn Fein MPs who choose not to sit in the House of Commons. Greg Clark later confirms that the bill would apply to those MPs.

Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg says he is broadly supportive of the bill but suggests it is the failure of the Commons to use existing powers to expel a member that is the issue, not whether a new power should be created.

Mr Clark points out that the power to allow constituents to decide whether an MP should vacate their seat is not currently available, but would be under this bill.

Conservative backbencher Charles Walker remarks that he would be able to take the recall proposals more seriously if the coalition had not made it "impossible for this House to recall a government" when it legislated for five-year fixed-term parliaments.

Greg Clark says the government has tried to steer a "sensible course" through its proposals to enable recall to deal with serious wrongdoing by MPs.

He says it has "stopped short" of enabling recall "on any grounds" to ensure MPs can continue to vote with their conscience without facing "constant challenge" from their opponents, at public expense.

Lib Dem and former Commons deputy leader David Heath says the public are concerned that the proposed trigger for recalling an MP is through a group of MPs in the form of the Standards Committee; and says there "perhaps needs to be an alternative mechanism" that puts the power in people's hands.

Conservative MP and former defence minister Andrew Robathan says he is struggling to understand the point of the bill, noting that MPs who have done wrong have, in the past, either resigned from the Commons or gone to prison.

Moving on, Cabinet Office Minister Greg Clark is opening the debate on legislative proposals to allow errant MPs to be recalled. The Recall of MPs Bill - being considered at second reading - would enable an MP found guilty of serious wrongdoing to be unseated if 10% of voters in their constituency sign a petition, and force a by-election.

Diana Johsnon's Sex and Relationships Education (Curriculum) Bill clears its first reading despite a shout of objection, however it is unlikely to become law without government support.

Philip Davies criticises Labour's "ridiculous obsession" with sex and relationship education, and argues that less, not more, is needed.

Mr Davies says Diana Johnson failed to mention the role of parents in teaching their children about sex and relationships, and emphasises that the Commons should be sending a message that "the state cannot fulfil the role of a parent for you".

The Conservative MP for Shipley, Philip Davies, is causing a stir on the Labour benches for his reasons for the bill.

Labour MP Fiona MacTaggart is told to "calm yourself and seek to behave with restraint", by the speaker. Mr Davies says the Labour Party is highlighting how it is "intolerant of other people's opinions".

Diana Johnson explains that the bill is partly intended to raise awareness of violence against girls and women. She says the time has come for compulsory relationship and sex education in all schools in England, so children are clear about what "good and healthy relationships look like" and "where to go to if they are concerned about unwanted or unacceptable behaviour towards them".

"It is about reinforcing good parenting, not replacing it," the MP says, arguing that the current approach of leaving it to parents is not working.

Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Kinston Upon Hull North, is proposing legislation to include education about sex and relationships, resilience against bullying and sexual abuse and ending violence against women and girls, in the national curriculum.

Ten minute rule bills are introduced by backbench MPs and are a type of private members' bill. They have ten minutes to set out their case for the bill; anyone wishing to oppose it can do so with a ten minute speech.

Health questions are over, and it's time for the ten minute rule bill. But not before a point of order from Conservative Sir Oliver Heald, who claims the shadow foreign secretary incorrectly answered his question last Friday, and asks that he comes to the House to "correct the record". Speaker John Bercow says it is judgement for the MP concerned, but notes that Sir Oliver has put his point "very firmly" on the record.

Lib Dem Annette Brooke says there are no psychiatric intensive care unit beds for women in Dorset, and asks for additional funding to address the "appalling situation". Health Minister Norman Lamb says he is happy to discuss the Mid Dorset and North Poole MP's concerns.

Andy Burnham, Labour's health spokesman, goes on to claim that the Conservatives' "unfunded tax cuts for higher earners" would leave a "large black hole" in the public finances, and argues that only Labour can secure more money for the NHS.

Mr Hunt counters that the tax cuts are for lower paid people "many of whom actually work in the NHS". He says the previous Labour government's economic legacy is partly to blame for the squeeze on NHS funding

Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham says the Conservatives' promise of "flat funding" for the NHS in next parliament "won't stop it tipping into a full blown crisis".

Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary, says his opposite number has "misrepresented" the Tory manifesto pledge, and clarifies that the Conservatives have promised to "protect and increase" the health budget after 2015, if it wins powers. He reiterates that "a strong NHS needs a strong economy".