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Adjournment
Commons Chamber
(Adjournment Debate)
Wed 18th Dec 2019

House of Commons

Wednesday 18th December 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Wednesday 18 December 2019
The House met at half-past Eleven o’clock

Prayers

Wednesday 18th December 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Prayers mark the daily opening of Parliament. The occassion is used by MPs to reserve seats in the Commons Chamber with 'prayer cards'. Prayers are not televised on the official feed.

This information is provided by Parallel Parliament and does not comprise part of the offical record

[Mr Speaker in the Chair]

Members Sworn

Wednesday 18th December 2019

(5 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I remind the House that I expect to be in the Chair today until 1.30 pm and return at 2 pm, until 4 pm, and then again at 4.30 pm to 5.45 pm, with a later session if necessary. If required, we will sit swearing in at 2 pm tomorrow. I invite the first Members elected prior to the current Parliament to take the oath and will make further announcements to invite Members first elected to the present Parliament. Will Members wishing to take their seats please come to the Table?

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

Eleanor Claire Reeves, for Lewisham West and Penge

Right honourable Sir Michael Penning, Hemel Hempstead

Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger, Bridgwater and West Somerset

Stephen James Metcalfe, South Basildon and East Thurrock

Kevin Paul Hollinrake , Thirsk and Malton

Richard Grosvenor Drax, South Dorset

Ben Everitt, Milton Keynes North

William Peter Wragg, Hazel Grove

Felicia Jane Beatrix Drummond, Meon Valley

Daniel Rayne Kruger, Devizes

Alun Craig Williams, Montgomeryshire

Scott Leslie Mann, North Cornwall

Christine Anne Jardine, Edinburgh West

Mark Rory Logan, Bolton North East

James Barry Daly, Bury North

Caroline Lucas, Brighton, Pavilion

Right honourable Tobias Martin Ellwood, Bournemouth East

James Roger Cartlidge, South Suffolk

Jamie Hume Stone, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

Helen Elizabeth Hayes, Dulwich and West Norwood

Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous, South West Bedfordshire

Rebecca Elizabeth Scott Harris, Castle Point

Jonathan Neil Reynolds, Stalybridge and Hyde

John Robert Cryer, Leyton and Wanstead

Gillian Keegan, Chichester

Martin John Vickers, Cleethorpes

Andrew John Stevenson, Carlisle

Daniel Leonard James Poulter, Central Suffolk and North Ipswich

Michelle Emma May Elizabeth Donelan, Chippenham

Julian Carlton Knight, Solihull

Wera Benedicta Hobhouse, Bath

Diana Ruth Johnson, Kingston upon Hull North

Anthony Edward Timpson, Eddisbury

Andrew Campbell Bowie, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Natalie Cecilia Elphicke, Dover

David Melvyn Linden, Glasgow East

Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands, Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Brendan O’Hara, Argyll and Bute

Andrew Egan Henderson Hendry, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

Alan Brown, Kilmarnock and Loudoun

Douglas Chapman, Dunfermline and West Fife

Marion Fellows, Motherwell and Wishaw

Stewart Malcolm McDonald, Glasgow South

Hannah Mary Bardell, Livingston

Right honourable James Jacob Gilchrist Berry, Rossendale and Darwen

Matthew James Offord, Hendon

Jessica Rose Phillips, Birmingham, Yardley

Wesley Paul William Streeting, Ilford North

Huw William Merriman, Bexhill and Battle

Khalid Mahmood, Birmingham, Perry Barr

Alison McGovern, Wirral South

Lee Anderson, Ashfield

Christopher James Green, Bolton West

Trudy Lynne Harrison, Copeland

Caroline Elizabeth Johnson, Sleaford and North Hykeham

Sarah Jane Olney, Richmond Park

Daisy Cooper, St Albans

Wendy Anne Chamberlain, North East Fife

Christopher Murray Alexander Law, Dundee West

Peter Grant, Glenrothes

Giles Francis Watling, Clacton

Claire Aisling Hanna, Belfast South

Mark Andrew Pritchard, The Wrekin

Alan Mak, Havant

Nicola Jane Aiken, Cities of London and Westminster

Siobhan Kathleen Baillie, Stroud

Kirsty Ann Blackman, Aberdeen North

Alicia Alexandra Martha Kearns, Rutland and Melton

Ruth Rosamond Edwards, Rushcliffe

Joy Inboden Morrissey, Beaconsfield

Luke Morgan Evans, Bosworth

Julie Marson, Hertford and Stortford

Andrew Francis Slaughter, Hammersmith

Gareth Alan Johnson, Dartford

Jane Fiona Catherine Stevenson, Wolverhampton North East

Christopher Charles Stephens, Glasgow South West

Alexander David Sobel, Leeds North West

Zarah Sultana, Coventry South

Apsana Begum, Poplar and Limehouse

Thomas Sheppard, Edinburgh East

Jerome Patrick Burke Mayhew, Broadland

James Oliver Wild, North West Norfolk

Gareth Mark Davies, Grantham and Stamford

Stuart Paul Anderson, Wolverhampton South West

Felicity Christiana Buchan, Kensington

James Michael Davies, Vale of Clwyd

Caroline Ansell, Eastbourne

Jamie Hamilton Wallis, Bridgend

Sarah Elizabeth Atherton, Wrexham

Virginia Ann Crosbie, Ynys Môn

Miriam Joy Cates, Penistone and Stocksbridge

Duncan Charles Baker, North Norfolk

Brendan Clarke-Smith, Bassetlaw

Kate Elizabeth Griffiths, Burton

Suzanne Webb, Stourbridge

Shaun Stephen Bailey, West Bromwich West

Gary William Sambrook, Birmingham, Northfield

Deidre Leanne Brock, Edinburgh North and Leith

Robert Joseph Roberts, Delyn

Sir Bernard Christison Jenkin, Harwich and North Essex

Munira Wilson, Twickenham

Joanna Catherine Cherry, Edinburgh South West

Grahame Mark Morris, Easington

Anthony Howe Browne, South Cambridgeshire

Cherilyn Mackrory, Truro and Falmouth

Mhairi Black, Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Angela Crawley, Lanark and Hamilton East

Elizabeth Anne McLaughlin, Glasgow North East

Laura Rose Farris, Newbury

Ian Levy, Blyth Valley

Katherine Fletcher, South Ribble

Alexander James Jorden Norris, Nottingham North

Sara Alice Britcliffe, Hyndburn

Antony Higginbotham, Burnley

Claire Coryl Julia Coutinho, East Surrey

Darren George Henry, Broxtowe

Gareth Thomas, Harrow West

Rupa Asha Huq, Ealing Central and Acton

Michael Alex Burghart, Brentwood and Ongar

Thomas Georg John Tugendhat, Tonbridge and Malling

Robert Butler, Aylesbury

David Timothy Simmonds, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner

Rachel Helen Maclean, Redditch

Matthew Alexander Vickers, Stockton South

Robert Peter Moore, Keighley

Stephanie Louise Peacock, Barnsley East

Louise Margaret Haigh, Sheffield, Heeley

Holly Mumby-Croft, Scunthorpe

Lia Nici-Townend, Great Grimsby

Right honourable Yvette Cooper, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford

Simon James Jupp, East Devon

Thomas Patrick Hunt, Ipswich

Abena Oppong-Asare, Erith and Thamesmead

James Stewart Murray , Ealing North

Marcus John Hudson Fysh, Yeovil

Edmund Francis Hughes, Walsall North

Selaine Rachel Saxby, North Devon

Mohammad Saqib Bhatti, Meriden

Sue-Ellen Cassiana Braverman, Fareham

Andrew Theakstone Percy, Brigg and Goole

Bellavia Janet Ribeiro-Addy, Streatham

Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, Hampstead and Kilburn

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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The sitting is suspended until 2 pm. The bells will ring five minutes before the sitting resumes. Thanks, everybody.

13:33
Sitting suspended.
14:00
On resuming—
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Mary Kelly Foy, for City of Durham
Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan, Tooting
Michael Whitley, Birkenhead
Paula Barker, Liverpool, Wavertree
Kim Marie Johnson, Liverpool, Riverside
Navendu Prabhat Mishra, Stockport
Carla Rebecca Lockhart, Upper Bann
Ian Robert Byrne, Liverpool, West Derby
Bethan Winter, Cynon Valley
John Luther Mercer, Plymouth, Moor View
Sarah Elizabeth Dines, Derbyshire Dales
Steven Bonnar, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Allan Hopkins Dorans, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Alyn Edward Smith, Stirling
David Michael Doogan, Angus
Kenny Wright MacAskill, East Lothian
Richard Gordon Thomson, Gordon
Amy Callaghan, East Dunbartonshire
Philippa Whitford, Central Ayrshire
Alexandra Mary Davies-Jones, Pontypridd
Rachel Louise Hopkins, Luton South
Stephen Anthony Farry, North Down
Sarah Deborah Champion, Rotherham
Scott Lloyd Benton, Blackpool South
Right honourable Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw, Exeter
Charles George Eustice, Camborne and Redruth
Michael Jon Wood, Dudley South
Helen Grant, Maidstone and The Weald
Katharine Helen Osborne, Jarrow
Gagan Mohindra, South West Hertfordshire
Nadia Edith Whittome, Nottingham East
Nigel John Mills, Amber Valley
James Neale Hanvey, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Neil John O’Brien, Harborough
Lucy Allan, Telford
Jeffrey Smith, Manchester, Withington
Taiwo Owatemi, Coventry North West
Rosemary Clare Duffield, Canterbury
James Sunderland, Bracknell
John Charles Baron, Basildon and Billericay
Fleur Anderson, Putney
Neil Coyle, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Florence Eshalomi, Vauxhall
Sarah Mei Li Owen, Luton North
Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. The sitting is suspended until 3.40 pm. The bells will ring five minutes before the sitting is resumed. Thanks, everybody.

14:58
Sitting suspended.
15:40
On resuming—
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Andrew Griffith, for Arundel and South Downs
Claudia Naomi Webbe, Leicester East
David Mervyn Johnston, Wantage
Sally-Ann Hart, Hastings and Rye
Angela Joy Richardson, Guildford
Sir Christopher Robert Chope, Christchurch
Olivia Frances Blake, Sheffield, Hallam
Right honourable Melvyn John Stride, Central Devon
Andrew John Carter, Warrington South
Charlotte Louise Nichols, Warrington North
Right honourable and learned Keir Starmer, Holborn and St Pancras
Alexander Paul Thomas Stafford, Rother Valley
David John Warburton, Somerton and Frome
Simon Richard James Fell, Barrow and Furness
Lee Benjamin Rowley, North East Derbyshire
Laura Trott, Sevenoaks
Layla Michelle Moran, Oxford West and Abingdon
Theodora Roosevelt Clarke, Stafford
Samuel Peter Tarry, Ilford South
Mathew Richard Allen Rodda, Reading East
Neil Peter Hammerton Hudson, Penrith and The Border
Richard Michael Bacon, South Norfolk
Rushanara Ali, Bethnal Green and Bow
Elliot Colburn, Carshalton and Wallington
Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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The sitting is suspended until 4.30 pm. The bells will ring five minutes before the sitting resumes. Thanks, everybody.

16:02
Sitting suspended.
16:28
On resuming—
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Mark Simon Eastwood, for Dewsbury
Jonathan George Caladine Lord, Woking
John MacKenzie Nicolson, Ochil and South Perthshire
Angela Rayner, Ashton-under-Lyne

Adjournment

Wednesday 18th December 2019

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Commons Chamber
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Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Nigel Huddleston.)
17:10
House adjourned.

House of Lords

Wednesday 18th December 2019

(5 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Wednesday 18 December 2019
14:30
Prayers—read by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester.

Deaths of a Member and Former Members

Wednesday 18th December 2019

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Lords Chamber
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14:36
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 Mawhinney, on 9 November; the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Bramall, on 12 November; and the noble Lord, Lord Feldman, on 19 November. On behalf of the House, I extend our condolences to their families and friends.

Retirements of Members

Wednesday 18th December 2019

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Lords Chamber
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14:37
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 28 November of the noble Earl, Lord Crawford and Balcarres, and with effect from 17 December of the noble Lord, Lord Wright of Richmond, pursuant to Section 1 of the House of Lords Reform Act 2014. On behalf of the House, I should like to thank the noble Earl and the noble Lord for their very much-valued service to this House.

Oaths and Affirmations

Wednesday 18th December 2019

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Lords Chamber
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14:38
Lord Fowler Portrait The Lord Speaker (Lord Fowler)
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My Lords, as I can see you are waiting, we will now continue the process of taking the oath and affirming. I remind Members of the House that it has been agreed to give priority to Members with disability or impaired mobility.

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.