House of Commons
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners
Mr Speaker
I have to report that this House has been in the House of Lords where Her Majesty, by Her Royal Commissioners, has been pleased to approve the choice made of myself for the Office of Speaker. I have, in your name and on your behalf, made claim by humble petition to Her Majesty to all your ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, particularly to freedom of speech in debate, freedom from arrest, and freedom of access to Her Majesty whenever occasion shall require, and that the most favourable construction shall be put upon all proceedings. All these Her Majesty, by Her Commissioners, has been pleased to confirm in as ample a manner as they have ever been granted or confirmed by Herself or by any of Her Royal Predecessors.
My first duty to the House is to report my respectful acknowledgement and grateful thanks for the great honour you have conferred upon me in placing me in the Chair.
On a personal note, my second responsibility is to restate my absolute impartiality in this Chamber and beyond it. My final pleasure is to confirm my commitment to ensuring that Back-Bench Members have their rightful voice in our proceedings.
Members Sworn
Mr Speaker
I must now call on the Members of the House, according to the usual custom, to take the Oath of Allegiance or to affirm at the Table of the House, first doing so myself.
The Speaker first, alone, standing on the upper step of the Chair, made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law.
Mr Speaker: I should remind hon. Members that until they take the Oath or affirm, they must not sit during any debate or vote in any Division of the House, and will not receive any salary.
The arrangements for swearing in are set out in the Chamber information sheet, and a guidance note is also available from the Table and Vote Offices.
I propose to call first the Father of the House, then members of the Cabinet, then members of the shadow Cabinet, then all Privy Counsellors not included in those two groups, wherever they may be sitting, and then other Ministers. Thereafter, I shall call other hon. Members according to the Parliament of their first entry, or, for those with broken service, that of most recent entry. The first batch will be those elected in or before the 1992-97 Parliament. Thereafter I shall proceed to call Members by successive Parliaments. Realistically, I do not expect to call new Members until tomorrow.
I propose to remain in the Chair until 5.30 pm today, and then to return at 6.30pm and continue until 8.30 pm if necessary. The House will sit again tomorrow at 10.30 am, and on Monday at 2.30 pm. Tomorrow I propose to be in the Chair for swearing in until 12.30 pm, and then from 1.30 pm until 3.30 pm, and then again from 4.30 pm until 6.30 pm if necessary. I hope that by Monday afternoon we will have made sufficient progress to enable all Members to swear in who wish to do so. I hope that Members will come forward in an orderly manner.
I remind Members that the taking of the Oath, as a proceeding of the House, is recorded by the television cameras, and that anything said or done by Members may appear on television or be picked up by microphones. It will assist the broadcasters if new Members state their name and constituency when they come to the Dispatch Box. Progress will depend, of course, on the number of Members wishing to take the Oath at any particular time. I advise Members to watch the Annunciators to establish progress, and to speak to their Whips.
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell, for Louth and Horncastle
Right honourable David William Donald Cameron, Witney
Right honourable Nicholas William Peter Clegg, Sheffield, Hallam
Right honourable William Jefferson Hague, Richmond (Yorks )
Right honourable George Gideon Oliver Osborne, Tatton
Right honourable David Anthony Laws, Yeovil
Right honourable Liam Fox, North Somerset
Right honourable Eric Jack Pickles, Brentwood and Ongar
Right honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke, Rushcliffe
Right honourable Andrew David Lansley, South Cambridgeshire
Right honourable Christopher Murray Paul Huhne, Eastleigh
Right honourable Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt, South West Surrey
Right honourable Philip Hammond, Runnymede and Weybridge
Right honourable Michael Andrew Gove, Surrey Heath
Right honourable Oliver Letwin, West Dorset
Right honourable Caroline Alice Spelman, Meriden
Right honourable Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Horsham
Right honourable George Iain Duncan Smith, Chingford and Woodford Green
Right honourable Sir George Samuel Knatchbull Young, North West Hampshire
Right honourable Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve, Beaconsfield
Right honourable Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Derbyshire Dales
Right honourable David Wright Miliband, South Shields
Right honourable Alistair Maclean Darling, Edinburgh South West
Right honourable Harriet Harman, Camberwell and Peckham
Right honourable Alan Arthur Johnson, Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Right honourable Hilary James Benn, Leeds Central
Right honourable Yvette Cooper, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
Right honourable Robert William Ainsworth, Coventry North East
Right honourable John Yorke Denham, Southampton, Itchen
Right honourable Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw, Exeter
Right honourable Shaun Anthony Woodward, St Helens South and Whiston
Right honourable Dawn Primarolo, Bristol South
Right honourable Sadiq Aman Khan, Tooting
Right honourable John Healey, Wentworth and Dearne
Right honourable Rosalie Winterton, Doncaster Central
Right honourable Nicholas Hugh Brown, Newcastle upon Tyne East
Right honourable Daniel Grian Alexander, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Alistair Morrison Carmichael, Orkney and Shetland
Right honourable Sir Alan James Beith, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Right honourable Keith Anthony Vaz, Leicester East
Right honourable Thomas Clarke, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Right honourable Charles Peter Kennedy, Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Right honourable Anne Catherine McGuire, Stirling
Right honourable David George Hanson, Delyn
Right honourable Margaret Mary Beckett, Derby South
Right honourable Sir Walter Menzies Campbell, North East Fife
Right honourable Malcolm Gray Bruce, Gordon
Right honourable Andrew David Smith, Oxford East
Right honourable Caroline Louise Flint, Don Valley
Right honourable Ann Clwyd, Cynon Valley
Right honourable Sir John Paul Stanley, Tonbridge and Malling
Right honourable Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Saffron Walden
Right honourable George Edward Howarth, Knowsley
Right honourable Alun Edward Michael, Cardiff South and Penarth
Right honourable Paul Peter Murphy, Torfaen
Right honourable John Francis Spellar, Warley
Right honourable Frank Gordon Dobson, Holborn and St Pancras
Right honourable Paul Gerard Goggins, Wythenshawe and Sale East
Right honourable Denis MacShane, Rotherham
Alistair James Hendrie Burt, North East Bedfordshire
Edward Henry Garnier, Harborough
Damian Howard Green, Ashford
Alan James Carter Duncan, Rutland and Melton
David Roy Lidington, Aylesbury
Jeremy Richard Browne, Taunton Deane
Timothy Paul Loughton, East Worthing and Shoreham
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt, Reigate
Charles Hendry, Wealden
Robert James MacGillivray Neill, Bromley and Chislehurst
Nicolas John Gibb, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton
James Gerald Douglas Howarth, Aldershot
David Julian Winnick, Walsall North
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd, Aldridge-Brownhills
Simon Henry Ward Hughes, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Catharine Letitia Hoey, Vauxhall
Brian Harold Donohoe, Central Ayrshire
James Dolan Cunningham, Coventry South
Michael Cathel Fallon, Sevenoaks
Michael Alan Penning, Hemel Hempstead
David Gordon Mundell, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Theresa Anne Villiers, Chipping Barnet
Andrew Peter Miller, Ellesmere Port and Neston
Richard Haines Burden Birmingham, Northfield
Mark James Harper, Forest of Dean
John David Penrose, Weston-super-Mare
Roger James Gale, North Thanet
Eric Evelyn Illsley, Barnsley Central
Gregory Leonard George Barker, Bexhill and Battle
James Whiteside Gray, North Wiltshire
Michael Louis David Fabricant, Lichfield
Alexander John Randall, Uxbridge and South Ruislip
Right honourable Malcolm Hunt Wicks, Croydon North
Mark James Hunter, Cheadle
Lee Scott, Ilford North
Gregory William Hands, Chelsea and Fulham
Shailesh Lakhman Vara, North West Cambridgeshire
Charles Ashley Rupert Walker, Broxbourne
William Nigel Paul Cash, Stone
Stephen Pelham Pound, Ealing North
Jeremy Paul Wright, Kenilworth and Southam
Stephen Crabb, Preseli Pembrokeshire
William David Wiggin, North Herefordshire
Philip Martin Dunne, Ludlow
Peter William Bone, Wellingborough
Henry Campbell Bellingham, North West Norfolk
Maria Frances Lewis Miller, Basingstoke
Angela Eileen Watkinson, Hornchurch and Upminster
Philip Thomas Hollobone, Kettering
Robert Goodwill, Scarborough and Whitby
Jeremy Bernard Corbyn, Islington North
Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, Mole Valley
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms, Poole
Gerard Sutcliffe, Bradford South
Fabian Hamilton, Leeds North East
Ronald Campbell, Blyth Valley
David Anderson, Blaydon
Gregory Lloyd Campbell, East Londonderry
Helen Mary Jones, Warrington North
John Derek Twigg, Halton
Elfyn Llwyd, Dwyfor Meirionnydd
David Anthony Andrew Amess, Southend West
Robert Thomas William McCrea, South Antrim
Nigel Alexander Dodds, Belfast North
Kevin Denis Brennan, Cardiff West
Lindsay Harvey Hoyle, Chorley
David Anthony Crausby, Bolton North East
David Leonard Watts, St Helens North
David Lindsay Willetts, Havant
Mark Michael Prisk, Hertford and Stortford
Justine Greening, Putney
Mark Gerard Hoban, Fareham
Nicholas Richard Hurd, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Adrian Mark Sanders, Torbay
Nicholas Barton Harvey, North Devon
Sarah Louise Teather, Brent Central
Right honourable John Vincent Cable, Twickenham
Barry John Sheerman, Huddersfield
Valerie Vaz, Walsall South
David Michael Gauke, South West Hertfordshire
Michael Connarty, Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Right honourable Michael Hugh Meacher, Oldham West and Royton
Sandra Currie Osborne, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Kevan David Jones, North Durham
Brian Arthur Roland Binley, Northampton South
Stewart Hosie, Dundee East
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, Maldon
William James Clappison, Hertsmere
Antony Brian Baldry, Banbury
Hugh Bayley, York Central
Joan Lorraine Walley, Stoke-on-Trent North
Julian William Hendy Brazier, Canterbury
Right honourable John Alan Redwood, Wokingham
Anthony Joseph Lloyd, Manchester Central
Glenda May Jackson, Hampstead and Kilburn
Mr Speaker
Members elected to the 1997-2001 Parliament can expect to be sworn in from 4.45 today, so I hope that there will be a trickle of such Members, and maybe more.
Maria Eagle, for Garston and Halewood
Right honourable David Michael Davis, Haltemprice and Howden
David Wright, Telford
Andrew John Turner, Isle of Wight
Right honourable Douglas Garven Alexander, Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Sir Robert Hill Smith, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
John Webster Robertson, Glasgow North West
Alan Keen, Feltham and Heston
Andrew Henry George, St Ives
Margaret Ann Coffey, Stockport
Marek Jerzy Lazarowicz, Edinburgh North and Leith
Martin Phillip Caton, Gower
Edward Jonathon Davey, Kingston and Surbiton
Michael Kevin Moore, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies, Ogmore
Virendra Kumar Sharma, Ealing, Southall
Alan Campbell, Tynemouth
Angela Eagle, Wallasey
Joseph Edward Benton, Bootle
Ian Colin Lucas, Wrexham
Alasdair McDonnell, Belfast South
William Thomas Bain, Glasgow North East
Christopher Michael Leslie, Nottingham East
Paul Phillip Flynn, Newport West
Austin Vernon Mitchell, Great Grimsby
Christopher Paul Farrelly, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Roger Hugh Williams, Brecon and Radnorshire
Mark Fraser Williams, Ceredigion
Stephen Roy Williams, Bristol West
Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns, Chelmsford
Thomas Anthony Cunningham, Workington
Thomas Anthony Brake, Carshalton and Wallington
Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, Mid Sussex
Andrew Robert George Robathan, South Leicestershire
Catherine McKinnell, Newcastle upon Tyne North
John David Cairns, Inverclyde
Mark Christopher Field, Cities of London and Westminster
John Mark Durkan, Foyle
Martin Charles Horwood, Cheltenham
Julian Leon Huppert, Cambridge
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart, Slough
Madeleine Moon, Bridgend
Meg Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch
Hywel Williams, Arfon
Mike Wood, Batley and Spen
Siân Catherine James, Swansea East
Helen Catherine Goodman, Bishop Auckland
James Fitzpatrick, Poplar and Limehouse
Steven John Webb, Thornbury and Yate
Patrick John Mercer, Newark
Angus Struan Carolus Robertson, Moray
Joan Mary Ruddock, Lewisham, Deptford
Francis Doran, Aberdeen North
Lady Sylvia Eileen Hermon, North Down
Mark Phillip Hendrick, Preston
Albert Owen, Ynys Môn
Clive James Charles Betts, Sheffield South East
Right honourable Patrick Bosco McFadden, Wolverhampton South East
Jessica Elizabeth Morden, Newport East
Peter Wishart, Perth and North Perthshire
Alan Reid, Argyll and Bute
Nia Rhiannon Griffith, Llanelli
James Edward Thornton Paice, South East Cambridgeshire
Anne Begg, Aberdeen South
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, Wyre and Preston North
Christopher Stephen Grayling, Epsom and Ewell
Mark Gino Francois, Rayleigh and Wickford
Right honourable Theresa Mary May, Maidenhead
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, Newbury
Rory Stewart, Penrith and The Border
Desmond Angus Swayne, New Forest West
Robert Alexander Stewart, Beckenham
John Alexander Melvin Hemming, Birmingham, Yardley
Christopher Heaton-Harris, Daventry
Hugh Michael Robertson, Faversham and Mid Kent
Iain Aitken Stewart, Milton Keynes South
Frank Roy, Motherwell and Wishaw
Julian Murray Lewis, New Forest East
Andrew James Bridgen, North West Leicestershire
Nigel John Mills, Amber Valley
Anne Frances Milton, Guildford
Right honourable David Lindon Lammy, Tottenham
Jonathan Simon Djanogly, Huntingdon
Neil Quentin Gordon Parish, Tiverton and Honiton
Giacomo Lopresti, Filton and Bradley Stoke
Jonathan Neil Reynolds, Stalybridge and Hyde
Pat Glass, North West Durham
Simon Anthony Hart, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Michael Fraser Weir, Angus
Paul Kenneth Burstow, Sutton and Cheam
John David Pugh, Southport
Angela Christine Smith, Penistone and Stocksbridge
Martin John Vickers, Cleethorpes
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh, Gainsborough
Geraint Richard Davies, Swansea West
Graham Stuart Brady, Altrincham and Sale West
Stephen Hepburn, Jarrow
Norman Peter Lamb, North Norfolk
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick, Bosworth
John Robert Cryer, Leyton and Wanstead
Phillip James Woolas, Oldham East and Saddleworth
Richard Michael Bacon, South Norfolk
Priti Patel, Witham
Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke, Dover
Robert Wilson, Reading East
Alec Shelbrooke, Elmet and Rothwell
Nigel Adams, Selby and Ainsty
Charlotte Ann Leslie, Bristol North West
Keith Robert Simpson, Broadland
Samuel Phillip Gyimah, East Surrey
Melvyn John Stride, Central Devon
Wayne David, Caerphilly
John Leech, Manchester, Withington
Lyn Carol Brown, West Ham
Kerry Gillian McCarthy, Bristol East
John Archibald Thurso, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Iain David Wright, Hartlepool
Dennis Edward Skinner, Bolsover
Barbara Mary Keeley, Worsley and Eccles South
James Sheridan, Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Mary MacLeod, Brentford and Isleworth
Stephen James Mosley, City of Chester
Mark Jonathan Mortlock Simmonds, Boston and Skegness
Claire Louise Perry, Devizes
Damian Patrick George Hinds, East Hampshire
Guto ap Owain Bebb, Aberconwy
Right honourable Andrew Murray Burnham, Leigh
Gregg McClymont, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Daniel John Rogerson, North Cornwall
Margaret Patricia Munn, Sheffield, Heeley
Gordon Raymond Banks, Ochil and South Perthshire
Duncan John Hames, Chippenham
Ian Graham Davidson, Glasgow South West
Andrew Richard Rosindell, Romford
Mark Andrew Pritchard, The Wrekin
House of Lords
Speaker of the House of Commons
(14 years, 6 months ago)
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The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Strathclyde)
My Lords, I beg to acquaint the House that a Commission has been issued under Her Majesty's Great Seal to several Lords therein named authorising the said Lords to declare in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty Her Majesty's Approbation of the choice of the Commons of Mr John Bercow to be their Speaker.
Then, the Lords Commissioners (the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Strathclyde), the Lord Speaker (Baroness Hayman), Lord McNally, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon and Baroness D’Souza) being robed and seated in front of the Throne, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster directed Black Rod as follows:
Lord Strathclyde
Let the Commons know that the Lords Commissioners desire their immediate attendance in this House.
Then, the Commons being at the Bar, Mr Speaker-Elect (Mr John Bercow), addressing the Royal Commissioners, said:
Mr Speaker-Elect (Mr John Bercow)
My Lords, I have to acquaint your Lordships that, in obedience to the Royal Command, Her Majesty's faithful Commons have, in the exercise of their undoubted rights and privileges, proceeded to the election of a Speaker, and that their choice has fallen upon myself. I therefore present myself to your Lordships' Bar and submit myself with all humility to Her Majesty's gracious Approbation.
Lord Strathclyde
Mr John Bercow, we are commanded to assure you that Her Majesty is so fully sensible of your zeal in the public service, and of your ample sufficiency to execute the arduous duties which her faithful Commons have selected you to discharge, that Her Majesty does most readily approve and confirm you as their Speaker.
Mr Speaker
My Lords, I submit myself with all humility and gratitude to Her Majesty's gracious Commands. It is now my duty, in the name of and on behalf of the Commons of the United Kingdom, to lay claim, by humble petition to Her Majesty, to all their ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, especially to freedom of speech in debate, to freedom from arrest, and to free access to Her Majesty whenever occasion shall arise, and that the most favourable construction shall be put upon all their proceedings. With regard to myself, I pray that, if in the discharge of my duties I shall inadvertently fall into any error, it may be imputed to myself alone, and not to Her Majesty's most faithful Commons.
Lord Strathclyde
Mr Speaker, we have it further in Command to inform you that Her Majesty does most readily confirm all the rights and privileges which have ever been granted to or conferred upon the Commons by Her Majesty or any of her Royal predecessors. With respect to yourself, Sir, though Her Majesty is sensible that you stand in no need of such assurance, Her Majesty will ever place the most favourable construction upon your words and actions.