Yes, absolutely. In those (rare) situations* I still monitored the speed and PM. It was when I was close to or rapidly approaching Vfe next, and I knew there was about to be a radio call so I would have had to speak over ATC or PM's reply, so I got my config request in just ahead of that. Not something we routinely had to do.
*At our home base; owing to airspace below and traffic, the ILS intercept could be close in and busy, and if you didn't act quick enough, you then had to intercept the glide from above.
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