John Bercow
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Thursday 8th September 2016
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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]
Mr Speaker
On the front page of today’s Order Paper it is noted that on 9 September 1916, Lieutenant Thomas Michael Kettle, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Member for East Tyrone from 1906 to 1910, was killed in action at Ginchy during the Battle of the Somme.
We remember him today.