House of Commons

Wednesday 14th June 2017

(7 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Wednesday 14 June 2017
The House met at twenty minutes to Three o’clock
The Speaker-Elect took the Chair.

Message to attend the Lords Commissioners

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Commons Chamber
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Message to attend the Lords Commissioners delivered by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.
The Speaker-Elect, with the House, went up to be presented to the Lords Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Royal Approbation; and returned.
John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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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.

Members Sworn

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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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.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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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 who have been Members since before the 2010 general election. Thereafter I shall proceed to call Members by successive Parliaments. I do not expect to call new Members until tomorrow.

I propose to remain in the Chair until 5 pm today, and then to return at 5.30 pm and continue until 7.30 pm or later, as necessary. The House will sit again tomorrow at 9.30 am. I propose to be in the Chair for swearing in tomorrow from 9.30 am until 11.30 am, to return at 12 noon until 1.30 pm, and then again, if required, from 2.30 pm until 4.30 pm. I hope that by the end of tomorrow afternoon we will have made sufficient progress to enable all Members to swear in who wish to do so. However, if required, we will sit for swearing in at 2 pm on the day of the Queen’s Speech. [Interruption.] I am not in a position to divulge any further information on that matter. I hope that Members will come forward in an orderly manner.

I remind Members that the swearing in, 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 swear in at any particular time. I advise Members to watch the Annunciators to establish progress, and to speak to their Whips.

In a moment, we will begin this process, as I indicated a few moments ago, with the Father of the House, but before we do so I want to make a very short statement.

All of us will be aware of, and horrified by, the tragic fire that engulfed the vast majority of an enormous block of flats in London in the early hours of this morning. Colleagues, it is not possible to treat of that matter in the way that we otherwise, I am sure, would wish to do in the Chamber today. The Government are very sensitive to the concern that exists on this subject and my very clear understanding is that arrangements are in hand for a meeting with the relevant Minister to take place within the precincts of the Palace of Westminster. That meeting can be attended by colleagues gravely concerned about this matter, and no doubt questions can be put to the Minister and answers, such as he or she is able to give, can be provided. It will not be a proceeding of Parliament, and that would not be possible under our Standing Orders. Nor is it possible, after I have spoken, for anybody else to say anything. I just want, I am sure on behalf of each and every one of you in this Chamber, to offer our condolences to the families and friends of the victims of this unimaginable and horrific disaster. I want also, I am sure with your concurrence, to offer the warmest and most effusive thanks to our magnificent emergency services for coping as best they can in this horrendous situation. I hope colleagues will understand that we have to leave it there for now. Thank you.

Let us now begin, and we do so, appropriately, with the Father of the House, the right hon. and learned Member for Rushcliffe.

The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:

Right honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke, for Rushcliffe

Right honourable Theresa Mary May, Maidenhead

Right honourable Damian Howard Green, Ashford

Right honourable Philip Hammond, Runnymede and Weybridge

Right honourable Amber Rudd, Hastings and Rye

Right honourable Justine Greening, Putney

Right honourable Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt, South West Surrey

Right honourable David Roy Lidington, Aylesbury

Right honourable Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom, South Northamptonshire

Right honourable Gavin Alexander Williamson, South Staffordshire

Right honourable Sajid Javid, Bromsgrove

Right honourable Priti Sushil Patel, Witham

Right honourable Christopher Stephen Grayling, Epsom and Ewell

Right honourable Gregory David Clark, Tunbridge Wells

Right honourable Sir Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Derbyshire Dales

Right honourable Elizabeth Mary Truss, South West Norfolk

Right honourable Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Right honourable James Peter Brokenshire, Old Bexley and Sidcup

Right honourable Brandon Kenneth Lewis, Great Yarmouth

Right honourable Michael Andrew Gove, Surrey Heath

Right honourable David Michael Davis, Haltemprice and Howden

Right honourable David Gordon Mundell, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale

Right honourable Alun Hugh Cairns, Vale of Glamorgan

Right honourable David Michael Gauke, South West Hertfordshire

Right honourable Karen Anne Bradley, Staffordshire Moorlands

Right honourable Jeremy Paul Wright, Kenilworth and Southam

Right honourable Jeremy Bernard Corbyn, Islington North

Right honourable Nicholas Hugh Brown, Newcastle upon Tyne East

Right honourable Emily Thornberry, Islington South and Finsbury

Right honourable John Martin McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington

Right honourable Diane Julie Abbott, Hackney North and Stoke Newington

Valerie Carol Marian Vaz, Walsall South

Right honourable John Healey, Wentworth and Dearne

Andrew John Gwynne, Denton and Reddish

Ian Lavery, Wansbeck

Barry Strachan Gardiner, Brent North

Richard Burgon, Leeds East

Angela Rayner, Ashton-under-Lyne

Jon Hedley Trickett, Hemsworth

Andrew Joseph McDonald, Middlesbrough

Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth, Leicester South

Catherine Jane Smith, Lancaster and Fleetwood

Kate Ofunne Osamor, Edmonton

Rebecca Long Bailey, Salford and Eccles

Barbara Mary Keeley, Worsley and Eccles South

Susan Mary Hayman, Workington

Deborah Angela Elspeth Marie Abrahams, Oldham East and Saddleworth

Christina Elizabeth Rees, Neath

Nia Rhiannon Griffith, Llanelli

Keir Starmer, Holborn and St Pancras

Peter Christopher Dowd, Bootle

Right honourable Margaret Mary Beckett, Derby South

Right honourable Frank Field, Birkenhead

Right honourable Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan, Chesham and Amersham

Right honourable Sir Alan James Carter Duncan, Rutland and Melton

Right honourable David Anthony Evennett, Bexleyheath and Crayford

Right honourable John Alan Redwood, Wokingham

Paul Phillip Flynn, Newport West

Right honourable Matthew John David Hancock, West Suffolk

Right honourable Sir Desmond Angus Swayne, New Forest West

Right honourable Dame Caroline Alice Spelman, Meriden

Right honourable Anne Frances Milton, Guildford

Right honourable Sir Oliver Heald, North East Hertfordshire

Right honourable Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, Barking

Right honourable Sir Kevin John Barron, Rother Valley

Right honourable Robert Henry Halfon, Harlow

Right honourable John Francis Spellar, Warley

Right honourable Nigel Alexander Dodds, Belfast North

Right honourable Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, Newbury

Right honourable Nick Herbert, Arundel and South Downs

Right honourable Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, Lagan Valley

Catharine Letitia Hoey, Vauxhall

Thérèse Anne Coffey, Suffolk Coastal

Ronnie Campbell, Blyth Valley

Right honourable Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve, Beaconsfield

Right honourable Sir Edward Jonathon Davey, Kingston and Surbiton

Right honourable Alexander Morrison Carmichael, Orkney and Shetland

Sir John Vincent Cable, Twickenham

Right honourable George Edward Howarth, Knowsley

Right honourable Thomas Anthony Brake, Carshalton and Wallington

Right honourable Dame Rosalie Winterton, Doncaster Central

Right honourable Keith Anthony Vaz, Leicester East

Right honourable David George Hanson, Delyn

Right honourable Caroline Louise Flint, Don Valley

Right honourable John Henry Hayes, South Holland and The Deepings

Philip Martin Dunne, Ludlow

Right honourable Maria Frances Lewis Miller, Basingstoke

Right honourable Stephen Crabb, Preseli Pembrokeshire

Right honourable Theresa Anne Villiers, Chipping Barnet

Right honourable Sir Hugo George William Swire, East Devon

Right honourable David Ian Jones, Clwyd West

Right honourable Lindsay Harvey Hoyle, Chorley

Right honourable Alan Campbell, Tynemouth

Right honourable Sir Oliver Letwin, West Dorset

Right honourable Alistair James Hendrie Burt, North East Bedfordshire

Right honourable Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw, Exeter

Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch, Chatham and Aylesford

Right honourable Sir Gregory Knight, East Yorkshire

Right honourable Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, Wyre and Preston North

Right honourable Mark Harper, Forest of Dean

Right honourable Julian Murray Lewis, New Forest East

Sir William Nigel Paul Cash, Stone

Right honourable Nicola Ann Morgan, Loughborough

Right honourable Nicolas John Gibb, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton

Sir Peter James Bottomley, Worthing West

Richard Michael Bacon, South Norfolk

Alexander Jesse Norman, Hereford and South Herefordshire

Michael Tyrone Ellis, Northampton North

Margot Cathleen James, Stourbridge

Stephen Charles Brine, Winchester

Sir Roger James Gale, North Thanet

John Michael Howell, Henley

Angela Eagle, Wallasey

Helen Mary Jones, Warrington North

Fiona Claire Bruce, Congleton

Gloria De Piero, Ashfield

Right honourable Harriet Ruth Harman, Camberwell and Peckham

Heidi Alexander, Lewisham East

Catherine McKinnell, Newcastle upon Tyne North

Robert James Buckland, South Swindon

Paul Christopher Maynard, Blackpool North and Cleveleys

Eleanor Fulton Laing, Epping Forest

Karl Turner, Kingston upon Hull East

Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, North Antrim

Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess, Southend West

Thomas David Simpson, Upper Bann

Gavin James Robinson, Belfast East

Samuel Wilson, East Antrim

Michael John Gapes, Ilford South

Kevan David Jones, North Durham

John Robert Cryer, Leyton and Wanstead

Virendra Kumar Sharma, Ealing, Southall

Adrian Edward Bailey, West Bromwich West

Stephen Hepburn, Jarrow

Kelvin Peter Hopkins, Luton North

Nadine Vanessa Dorries, Mid Bedfordshire

Fabian Hamilton, Leeds North East

Right honourable Stephen Creswell Timms, East Ham

Lisa Eva Nandy, Wigan

Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead, Southampton, Test

Clive Stanley Efford, Eltham

Ivan Lewis, Bury South

Sir David Anthony Crausby, Bolton North East

Michael Joseph Patrick Kane, Wythenshawe and Sale East

Anthony Joseph Lloyd, Rochdale

James Dolan Cunningham, Coventry South

Seema Malhotra, Feltham and Heston

Christopher John Bryant, Rhondda

Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger, Bridgwater and West Somerset

Timothy James Farron, Westmorland and Lonsdale

Lilian Rachel Greenwood, Nottingham South

William Roffen Esterson, Sefton Central

Right honourable Norman Peter Lamb, North Norfolk

Right honourable Owen William Paterson, North Shropshire

Robin Caspar Walker, Worcester

Geraint Davies, Swansea West

Chloe Rebecca Smith, Norwich North

William David Wiggin, North Herefordshire

Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds, Torfaen

Ian Colin Lucas, Wrexham

Graham Eric Stringer, Blackley and Broughton

Gordon Marsden, Blackpool South

Caroline Fiona Ellen Nokes, Romsey and Southampton North

Right honourable George Iain Duncan Smith, Chingford and Woodford Green

Right honourable Esther Louise McVey, Tatton

Mark Robert Timothy Garnier, Wyre Forest

John Derek Twigg, Halton

John Mark Lancaster, Milton Keynes North

Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt, Reigate

Charles George Eustice, Camborne and Redruth

Sarah Louise Newton, Truro and Falmouth

Lucy Maria Powell, Manchester Central

James McMahon, Oldham West and Royton

Right honourable David Lindon Lammy, Tottenham

Madeleine Moon, Bridgend

Jessica Elizabeth Morden, Newport East

Margaret Olivia Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch

James Whiteside Gray, North Wiltshire

James Ian Mearns, Gateshead

Dominic Rennie Raab, Esher and Walton

Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, Mole Valley

Mark Phillip Hendrick, Preston

Laurence Anthony Robertson, Tewkesbury

Maria Eagle, Garston and Halewood

Anne Margaret Main, St Albans

Julie Elliott, Sunderland Central

Bridget Maeve Phillipson, Houghton and Sunderland South

Charles Ashley Rupert Walker, Broxbourne

Graham Stuart Brady, Altrincham and Sale West

Conor Burns, Bournemouth West

Kevin John Foster, Torbay

Stewart Hosie, Dundee East

Angus Brendan MacNeil, Na h-Eileanan an Iar

Andrew James Griffiths, Burton

Right honourable Yvette Cooper, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

Christopher Philip James Elmore, Ogmore

Marie Elizabeth Rimmer, St Helens South and Whiston

Yvonne Helen Fovargue, Makerfield

Naseem Akhtar Shah, Bradford West

Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti, Gillingham and Rainham

Andrew William Murrison, South West Wiltshire

Right honourable John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, Maldon

Simon James Hoare, North Dorset

Richard Haines Burden, Birmingham, Northfield

Louise Joyce Ellman, Liverpool, Riverside

Wayne David, Caerphilly

Matthew Robert Warman, Boston and Skegness

Caroline Elizabeth Johnson, Sleaford and North Hykeham

Vernon Coaker, Gedling

Philip Wilson, Sedgefield

Matthew Toby Perkins, Chesterfield

Alison McGovern, Wirral South

Emma Louise Lewell-Buck, South Shields

Catherine Malloy Hollern, Blackburn

Khalid Mahmood, Birmingham, Perry Barr

Angela Christine Smith, Penistone and Stocksbridge

Right honourable Patrick Bosco McFadden, Wolverhampton South East

Christopher Paul Farrelly, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Grahame Mark Morris, Easington

Joanna Meriel Stevens, Cardiff Central

James Morris, Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Michael Mark Prisk, Hertford and Stortford

Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire, Bristol West

Julie Elizabeth Cooper, Burnley

Gordon Leonard Henderson, Sittingbourne and Sheppey

Neil Parish, Tiverton and Honiton

Rebecca Faye Pow, Taunton Deane

Scott Leslie Mann, North Cornwall

Mian Faisal Rashid, Warrington South

Stephen Twigg, Liverpool, West Derby

Right honourable Edward Samuel Miliband, Doncaster North

Caroline Julia Dinenage, Gosport

Lyn Carol Brown, West Ham

Robert Edward Jenrick, Newark

Michael James Tomlinson, Mid Dorset and North Poole

Clive James Charles Betts, Sheffield South East

Peter Wishart, Perth and North Perthshire

Christopher Michael Leslie, Nottingham East

Nigel John Mills, Amber Valley

Sylvia Eileen Hermon, North Down

Sheryll Murray, South East Cornwall

Damian Patrick George Hinds, East Hampshire

Jonathan Simon Djanogly, Huntingdon

Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh, Gainsborough

John Mann, Bassetlaw

David Thomas Morris, Morecambe and Lunesdale

James Jacob Gilchrist Berry, Rossendale and Darwen

Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous, South West Bedfordshire

William Peter Wragg, Hazel Grove

Stuart James Andrew, Pudsey

Robert Alexander Stewart, Beckenham

Chi Susan Onwurah, Newcastle upon Tyne Central

Nicholas Desmond John Smith, Blaenau Gwent

Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan, Tooting

Right honourable Mark Gino Francois, Rayleigh and Wickford

Sharon Hodgson, Washington and Sunderland West

Peter Heaton-Jones, North Devon

Jonathan Cruddas, Dagenham and Rainham

John Charles Baron, Basildon and Billericay

Imran Hussain, Bradford East

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. The sitting is suspended until 6 pm. The bells will be rung five minutes before the sitting resumes. Any Member elected up to and including the 2015 Parliament—but by definition not including the 2017 Parliament—may join the queue.

17:34
Sitting suspended.
18:00
On resuming—
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Heather Kay Wheeler, for South Derbyshire
Alberto Castrenze Costa, South Leicestershire
Victoria Mary Boswell Prentis, Banbury
Nigel Paul Huddleston, Mid Worcestershire
Margaret Ann Throup, Erewash
Maria Colette Caulfield, Lewes
Paul Stuart Scully, Sutton and Cheam
Kevin Paul Hollinrake, Thirsk and Malton
Craig Paul Tracey, North Warwickshire
Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Kelly Jane Tolhurst, Rochester and Strood
Miriam Jane Alice Davies, Eastleigh
Caroline Lucas, Brighton, Pavilion
Mark Julian Francis Pawsey, Rugby
David Thomas Charles Davies, Monmouth
Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown, The Cotswolds
Marcus John Hudson Fysh, Yeovil
John McNally, Falkirk
Wendy Morton, Aldridge-Brownhills
Mary Helen Creagh, Wakefield
Andrew Hanson Jones, Harrogate and Knaresborough
Judith Mary Cummins, Bradford South
Graham Charles Stuart, Beverley and Holderness
Victoria Foxcroft, Lewisham, Deptford
Christopher James Green, Bolton West
Jennifer Chapman, Darlington
Paul Christopher Blomfield, Sheffield Central
Nicholas Dakin, Scunthorpe
John Eugene Joseph Dromey, Birmingham, Erdington
Karin Marguerite Smyth, Bristol South
Geoffrey Robinson, Coventry North West
Martyn Day, Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Philippa Whitford, Central Ayrshire
Mhairi Black, Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Angela Crawley, Lanark and Hamilton East
Douglas Chapman, Dunfermline and West Fife
Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Antoinette Geraldine Sandbach, Eddisbury
Johnny Mercer, Plymouth, Moor View
Helen Olivia Bicknell Whately, Faversham and Mid Kent
Jacqueline Doyle-Price, Thurrock
Mark Richard Tami, Alyn and Deeside
Drew Hendry, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Joanna Catherine Cherry, Edinburgh South West
Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands, Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Gillian Furniss, Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
Colleen Margaret Fletcher, Coventry North East
Patricia Gibson, North Ayrshire and Arran
Martin John Docherty-Hughes, West Dunbartonshire
Christian John Patrick Matheson, City of Chester
Martin John Vickers, Cleethorpes
Julian Charles Sturdy, York Outer
Patrick John Grady, Glasgow North
Ronald Jack Cowan, Inverclyde
Marion Fellows, Motherwell and Wishaw
Neil Gray, Airdrie and Shotts
Diana Ruth Johnson, Kingston upon Hull North
Rachael Maskell, York Central
Carol Frances Monaghan, Glasgow North West
Alison Emily Thewliss, Glasgow Central
Right honourable Liam Dominic Byrne, Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Jessica Rose Phillips, Birmingham, Yardley
Shabana Mahmood, Birmingham, Ladywood
Rushanara Ali, Bethnal Green and Bow
Stephen John Doughty, Cardiff South and Penarth
Andrew Richard Rosindell, Romford
Lucy Allan, Telford
Sir Henry Campbell Bellingham, North West Norfolk
Margaret Greenwood, Wirral West
Fiona Oluyinka Onasanya, Peterborough
Dawn Petula Butler, Brent Central
Brendan O'Hara, Argyll and Bute
Stewart McDonald, Glasgow South
Hannah Mary Bardell, Livingston
Kirsty Ann Blackman, Aberdeen North
Deidre Leanne Brock, Edinburgh North and Leith
Stephen Patrick Gethins, North East Fife
Christopher Murray Alexander Law, Dundee West
Mary Theresa Glindon, North Tyneside
Alexander Cunningham, Stockton North
Harriett Mary Morison Baldwin, West Worcestershire
Daniel Leonard James Poulter, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
Edward John Comport Argar, Charnwood
James Roger Cartlidge, South Suffolk
Justin Paul Tomlinson, North Swindon
Robert James MacGillivray Neill, Bromley and Chislehurst
Susan Elan Jones, Clwyd South
Gerald Jones, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Gareth Alan Johnson, Dartford
Craig Whittaker, Calder Valley
Lucy Claire Frazer, South East Cambridgeshire
Ian Austin, Dudley North
Chuka Harrison Umunna, Streatham
Stuart Campbell McDonald, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Peter Grant, Glenrothes
Mary Josephine Robinson, Cheadle
Brett Charles Anthony Elphicke, Dover
Paul Daniel Williams, Stockton South
Dennis Edward Skinner, Bolsover
Christopher James Evans, Islwyn
Peter James Guy Aldous, Waveney
Johanna Peta Churchill, Bury St Edmunds
Sarah Wollaston, Totnes
Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan, Chippenham
Christopher Paul Davies, Brecon and Radnorshire
Robert Goodwill, Scarborough and Whitby
Andrew James Bridgen, North West Leicestershire
Robert John Blackman, Harrow East
Ian Blackford, Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Andrew Theakstone Percy, Brigg and Goole
Christopher Heaton-Harris, Daventry
Timothy Paul Loughton, East Worthing and Shoreham
Lisa Cameron, East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Thomas Sheppard, Edinburgh East
Stephen Pelham Pound, Ealing North
Christopher Charles Stephens, Glasgow South West
Mark Andrew Menzies, Fylde
Andrew George Stephenson, Pendle
Daniel Owen Jarvis, Barnsley Central
David Henry Rutley, Macclesfield
Mark Steven Spencer, Sherwood
Christopher John Pincher, Tamworth
Richard Graham, Gloucester
Right honourable Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, Wantage
Ian Murray, Edinburgh South
Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Harris, Castle Point
Philip Thomas Hollobone, Kettering
Jeremy Mark Quin, Horsham
Stephen Nathan Kinnock, Aberavon
Jeffrey Smith, Manchester, Withington
Guy Thomas Opperman, Hexham
Philip Andrew Davies, Shipley

Adjournment

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Commons Chamber
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Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Heather Wheeler.)
19:31
House adjourned.

House of Lords

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Lords Chamber
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Wednesday 14 June 2017
14:30
Prayers—read by the Lord Bishop of Chester.

Speaker of the House of Commons

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Lords Chamber
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14:35
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Portrait The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park) (Con)
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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 Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Evans of Bowes Park), the Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler), Baroness Smith of Basildon, Lord Newby and Lord Hope of Craighead) being robed and seated in front of the Throne, the Lord Privy Seal directed Black Rod as follows:

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:

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.

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Portrait Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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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.

The Speaker of the House of Commons said: 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.

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park Portrait Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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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.

Mr Speaker and the Commons then retired.

Deaths of a Member and Former Members

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Lords Chamber
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Announcement
14:53
Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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My Lords, I regret to inform the House of the deaths of the noble Lord, Lord Bagri, on 26 April, the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Swynnerton, on 7 May, the noble Lord, Lord Soulsby of Swaffham Prior, on 8 May, and the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, on 27 May. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to the noble Lords’ families and friends.

Retirements of Members

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Lords Chamber
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Announcement
14:54
Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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My Lords, I should also like to notify the House of the retirements with effect from 2 May of the noble Lord, Lord May of Oxford; with effect from 4 May of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Millett; with effect from 18 May of the noble Baroness, Lady Lockwood; with effect from 19 May of the noble Lord, Lord Hattersley; with effect from 8 June of the noble Marquess, Lord Salisbury; with effect from 9 June of the noble Lord, Lord Simon of Highbury; and with effect from 13 June of the noble Lord, Lord Walpole, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf of the House, I should like to thank the noble Lords for the service that they gave to the House.

Cessation of Membership

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Lords Chamber
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Announcement
14:55
Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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My Lords, I also have to notify the House that the noble Baroness, Lady Turner of Camden, and the noble Lord, Lord Wolfson of Sunningdale, yesterday ceased to be Members of the House under Section 2 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 by virtue of not attending any proceedings of the House during the Session 2016-17. On behalf of the House, I should like to thank the noble Lords for the service that they gave to the House.

Oaths and Affirmations

Wednesday 14th June 2017

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Lords Chamber
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14:56
Several noble Lords took the oath or made the solemn affirmation, and signed an undertaking to abide by the Code of Conduct.
House adjourned at 7.30 pm.