In the company I work for now, with Lockheed L1011 aircraft, the standard is...
Call for what you want, and it is selected.
Period.
None of this 'speed checked' business, nor any new bugs set.
After all, as a pilot, you are supposed to know what the flap limit speeds are, and once thus selected, what the minimum maneuvering speed is.
Can't remember the limit speed?
Look on the flap position indicator.
Lockheed thought of everything.