Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain Debate

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Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain

Desmond Swayne Excerpts
Thursday 31st October 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Desmond Swayne Portrait Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)
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It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon).

The hon. Member for Ealing North (Stephen Pound) referred to the holy mass. What is the meaning of the word “holy”? Daily, at Prayers, we invoke the fellowship of the Holy Ghost. I know that the hon. Member for Strangford would say “Holy Spirit”, but I prefer to stick with the original words. I have no idea how to define “holy” or “holiness”, and I am satisfied that there is no satisfactory dictionary definition, but I know holiness when I have encountered it, and we have encountered it in the presence of Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin.