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Good afternoon from me, Daniel Britain at Westminster were, | :00:29. | :00:35. | |
shortly, we shall see the meeting of the new Parliament, the 57th | :00:36. | :00:38. | |
Parliament of the United Kingdom is just about seven weeks since we were | :00:39. | :00:46. | |
in this cubicle to watch the hauled in this cubicle to watch the | :00:47. | :00:49. | |
Parliament being prorogued, and Parliament being prorogued, and | :00:50. | :00:49. | |
quite a lot has happened since then. We may not know the date that the | :00:50. | :00:52. | |
Queen will open the Parliament, because talks are continuing with | :00:53. | :00:57. | |
the DUP, as I speak. But the date that the new Parliament first meets | :00:58. | :01:01. | |
was laid down by proclamation at the dissolution of the old one, in May. | :01:02. | :01:06. | |
The main point of business today is for MPs to elect the Speaker, but | :01:07. | :01:11. | |
nothing is ever simple round here, so a Royal commission sitting in the | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
wards will summon MPs. There will be a lot of doffing and then MPs will | :01:18. | :01:23. | |
return to the Commons to get on with that election. Over the next couple | :01:24. | :01:29. | |
of days we're going to see a veritable doff fest, there will be a | :01:30. | :01:36. | |
lot of doffing of caps and we hope it will be a bit better than it was | :01:37. | :01:41. | |
at the prorogation. We are joined by the former Deputy Speaker at Natasha | :01:42. | :01:45. | |
Engle and our Parliamentary Engle and our Parliamentary | :01:46. | :01:49. | |
correspondent, Sean Curran. If you want to watch proceedings with no | :01:50. | :01:55. | |
commentary, purulent unsullied, then just log on and on your computer to | :01:56. | :02:07. | |
bbc.co.uk/parliament. Natasha, I notice commiserations, you lost your | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
seat and that been a dreadful moment. We will come onto that a bit | :02:11. | :02:16. | |
later. The Speaker, he's going to be re-elected? I think so. No | :02:17. | :02:22. | |
indication that anyone is going to challenge him. The mood in | :02:23. | :02:27. | |
Parliament at the moment is, nobody wants to have more upset. Things are | :02:28. | :02:31. | |
so uncertain and so up in the air that having somebody who does sort | :02:32. | :02:37. | |
of present continuity, I think, is going to be important for everybody. | :02:38. | :02:44. | |
And Sean, talking about things being up in the air, what is the majority | :02:45. | :02:52. | |
if the DUP do a deal? There are the Conservatives, given that Sinn Fein | :02:53. | :02:56. | |
do not sit and the Speaker does not vote. On paper the Conservatives | :02:57. | :02:59. | |
took 318 seats by the end of counting on Friday. Take one of | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
those seats away because actually the Speaker, John Bercow, that means | :03:05. | :03:11. | |
we have 317. The magic number when you have 650 MPs is 326. So 317, and | :03:12. | :03:18. | |
ten DUP puts the nicely over the line at 328. Sinn Fein do not take | :03:19. | :03:25. | |
their seats, so that means a working majority would in fact increase. | :03:26. | :03:33. | |
What would the working majority be? Then, you take in the seven DUP out | :03:34. | :03:41. | |
of the equation, you are basically talking about 643 MPs and you take | :03:42. | :03:50. | |
away the Speaker and that the 642 so you need a majority of 321 and they | :03:51. | :03:59. | |
have a majority of 226, quite a healthy majority, not a working | :04:00. | :04:02. | |
majority of 17 that Theresa May had before the election, which also | :04:03. | :04:05. | |
included the non-attending Sinn Fein. Let's just take a look at | :04:06. | :04:13. | |
Jeremy Vine, when he was giving the election results, the final seat | :04:14. | :04:17. | |
declarations on general election night. | :04:18. | :04:31. | |
Here are the government benches and the Conservatives are still on them, | :04:32. | :04:38. | |
still the largest party, with 319 seats, one constituency as we were | :04:39. | :04:43. | |
mentioning, still to come. 318 is not an overall majority, you need to | :04:44. | :04:47. | |
be hundred and 26, just over half the MPs, so that you can add about | :04:48. | :04:51. | |
or the MPs on the other side put together. They have a problem, the | :04:52. | :04:56. | |
Conservatives. Look at the opposition benches, Labour improved | :04:57. | :04:58. | |
by 30 seats, the SNP down by more than one third | :04:59. | :05:22. | |
of their MPs, on 35. A dozen Lib Dems. In Northern Ireland, the | :05:23. | :05:24. | |
Democratic US have ten, Sinn Fein have seven. In Wales, Plaid Cymru | :05:25. | :05:27. | |
have four, the Greens keep their one MP Caroline Lucas and that one | :05:28. | :05:29. | |
independent MP is in Northern Ireland. There are no MPs in the | :05:30. | :05:31. | |
House of Commons. More than 200 women MPs for the first time. At | :05:32. | :05:34. | |
that point there was one seat to declare, Kensington, which George | :05:35. | :05:36. | |
Osborne called the socialist public -- socialist republic of Kensington, | :05:37. | :05:42. | |
with Labour winning by 20 votes! Theresa May and Arlene Foster, the | :05:43. | :05:46. | |
DUP leader have had talks in Number Ten, Theresa May has left presumably | :05:47. | :05:52. | |
to go to the House of Commons, we're being told that the DUP left by the | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
back door. So is not being shouted at by reporters. Natasha, you were a | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
former Deputy Speaker. Do deputy speakers ever vote other than in a | :06:04. | :06:08. | |
tie? No, they have to resign the Chair if they want to vote. They are | :06:09. | :06:14. | |
elected, the deputies, unlike the top dog, he is elected as Mr | :06:15. | :06:19. | |
Speaker, seeking re-election, but you would have been elected as a | :06:20. | :06:24. | |
Labour person and you opposite number as a Conservative. If the | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
Speaker is a Conservative, as he is, then there will be one other | :06:30. | :06:35. | |
conservative government deputy and the other two slots have to be taken | :06:36. | :06:42. | |
by opposition MPs. At least one woman or at least one man, so it can | :06:43. | :06:47. | |
be three women and a man. There is no certainty even in a vote of | :06:48. | :06:50. | |
confidence with a deputy speakers would be called upon by the original | :06:51. | :06:56. | |
parties to vote. I know that you have to stand down if you want to | :06:57. | :06:59. | |
vote. You cannot do so as a Deputy Speaker. The casting vote issue is | :07:00. | :07:05. | |
about maintaining the status quo. That has happened, but that is the | :07:06. | :07:11. | |
only time, the only occasion when that would happen. You had a tough | :07:12. | :07:17. | |
campaign in North East Derbyshire. You were first elected in 2005. | :07:18. | :07:23. | |
Against the run of play, you lost this time. But there was a kind of | :07:24. | :07:26. | |
felt in the North Midlands, Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, | :07:27. | :07:30. | |
Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, UN North East Derbyshire, was something | :07:31. | :07:36. | |
different happening there? Yes, very different. If you look at all the | :07:37. | :07:40. | |
election results, it is extraordinary, looking at Labour | :07:41. | :07:46. | |
winning Kensington and Canterbury and losing North East Derbyshire, | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
nearly losing Mansfield, and those former mining constituencies, | :07:52. | :07:57. | |
Stoke-on-Trent, the potteries, they had huge swings to the | :07:58. | :08:02. | |
Conservatives. We are seeing inside the House of Commons, this is the | :08:03. | :08:05. | |
57th Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is all Hubble and | :08:06. | :08:11. | |
bubble, because it is the first day of term. What is that like? It is | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
great. It is good seen colleagues again. And it is sad realising that | :08:17. | :08:22. | |
some colleagues are not there. But it is exciting, the election of the | :08:23. | :08:26. | |
Speaker is one of the most exciting moments. That will be chaired by Ken | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
Clarke, the new Father of the House. We don't have a Speaker at this | :08:32. | :08:36. | |
stage. The House must be chaired by the father of the House. That's | :08:37. | :08:41. | |
right. He normally sits by the table rather than in the Speaker's Chair. | :08:42. | :08:48. | |
This is his one big moment of glory, where he gathers the voices. It is a | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
straightforward, should he be re-elected, and if there is a very | :08:53. | :08:58. | |
strong shout, there has to be a strong and consistent shout, then | :08:59. | :09:02. | |
there is a division but, as I say, that is very unlikely. Sean, you see | :09:03. | :09:09. | |
this as being a different term of Parliament because of the others | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
they sit and surprise votes, possibly. It will depend upon the | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
deal the Conservatives reach with the DUP. In the last couple of | :09:17. | :09:21. | |
minutes we have heard sources saying that there are no outstanding issues | :09:22. | :09:25. | |
left between the parties but there is still some paperwork that needs | :09:26. | :09:28. | |
to be worked through. But, for Parliament itself, the government | :09:29. | :09:34. | |
would then have a majority in the Commons. It would be able to rely | :09:35. | :09:39. | |
upon the majority in TiVos. The big issue is what is going to be in the | :09:40. | :09:43. | |
Queen's speech and left on the Conservative manifesto? I will | :09:44. | :09:47. | |
interrupt you, Kerry King, the deputy clerk of the Crown and | :09:48. | :09:52. | |
Chancery is bringing in the White book. It is in a box, it will later | :09:53. | :10:00. | |
be bound in paper or leather. It contains all the names of the | :10:01. | :10:03. | |
elected members and their constituencies. It is only mildly | :10:04. | :10:11. | |
useful, however, because they are listed in a very strange order | :10:12. | :10:14. | |
according to the original statutory instrument which set up the existing | :10:15. | :10:18. | |
consistencies. It is not alphabetical. It sounds like one of | :10:19. | :10:24. | |
those very Parliament kind of things. There is a room behind the | :10:25. | :10:35. | |
Speaker 's Chair called the, for when we disagree with the words and | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
we have to give the reasons why -- the Reasons Room. There is the White | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
but being delivered. And there is Jeremy Corbyn. And a lot of | :10:46. | :10:55. | |
applause. And I think Theresa May is also in the Chamber having left the | :10:56. | :11:01. | |
talks at Downing Street. I think so. Standing applause. That was not | :11:02. | :11:06. | |
something Jeremy Corbyn got in the run-up to the election, shall we | :11:07. | :11:17. | |
say? The House is full, Natasha. What is it like on a full day like | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
this? Really exciting. It has energy, it has a buzz that you | :11:24. | :11:26. | |
cannot get the sense when you see it on the screen. And when it is empty | :11:27. | :11:33. | |
it is real tumbleweed. But these occasions, this is the Queen's | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
speech and Prime Minister's Questions, when it is really cool, | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
and really exciting, it is a tremendous buzz, it is absolutely | :11:44. | :11:47. | |
wonderful. When you are experiencing the campaign, you will not a fan of | :11:48. | :11:54. | |
the manifesto I read, was that right, of the Labour manifesto? | :11:55. | :12:00. | |
There was one issue that I disagreed with, I was not opposed to tracking | :12:01. | :12:05. | |
which was a manifesto commitment by the Labour Party -- fracking. When | :12:06. | :12:13. | |
the manifesto was published that was when we saw a sea change, actually. | :12:14. | :12:20. | |
Let's look at John Bercow, whom we expect to be re-elected this | :12:21. | :12:26. | |
afternoon. He has held the job for eight years. Simon Bond reports on | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
the story so far. John Bercow became Speaker in 2009, taking over after | :12:32. | :12:35. | |
Parliament was rocked by the expenses scandal. Thank you | :12:36. | :12:40. | |
becoming. He says he has tried to make the Commons looked less stuffy | :12:41. | :12:46. | |
and the bidding, ditching the Speaker's traditional favour of a | :12:47. | :12:49. | |
business seat, and scrapping the wigs worn by the clerks. We are a | :12:50. | :12:57. | |
very over excitable individual, you need to write at 1000 times, I will | :12:58. | :13:02. | |
behave myself at Prime Minister's Questions! He has championed the | :13:03. | :13:09. | |
rights of backbenchers, and let Prime Minister's Questions run on | :13:10. | :13:13. | |
beyond its traditional 30 minute slot. I am trying to let | :13:14. | :13:16. | |
backbenchers be heard, please help the Chair to help backbench members. | :13:17. | :13:21. | |
He also has its critics. Some felt that he spoke out of turn in | :13:22. | :13:27. | |
criticising Donald Trump. Before the imposition of the migrant ban, I | :13:28. | :13:32. | |
would, myself, have been strongly opposed to an address by President | :13:33. | :13:37. | |
Trump in Westminster Hall. After the imposition of the migrant ban, by | :13:38. | :13:42. | |
President Trump, I am even more strongly opposed to an address by | :13:43. | :13:52. | |
President Trump in Westminster Hall. But he has outlasted a number of | :13:53. | :13:56. | |
prime ministers and party leaders and survived an attempt to oust him | :13:57. | :14:05. | |
in 2015. Order, order! I should explain that, for the moment, we are | :14:06. | :14:09. | |
not hearing sound from the Commons because they are not formally in | :14:10. | :14:12. | |
session until the father of the House takes his seat. That is why we | :14:13. | :14:17. | |
are not hearing any sound from the Commons. Something that would please | :14:18. | :14:21. | |
John Bercow is it is a diverse House of Commons, 35 MPs have declared | :14:22. | :14:32. | |
themselves lesbian, gay or transgender. 208 women have been | :14:33. | :14:38. | |
elected, which is a new record and 51% of MPs in the Commons when two | :14:39. | :14:43. | |
comrades of schools. Natasha, what is the style of the Speaker, what is | :14:44. | :14:47. | |
his technique? Have observed him in action. In the Chair, he is | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
absolutely brilliant and completely commanding. It is a really difficult | :14:53. | :14:58. | |
role. The House of Lords is in session. The Yeoman Usher of the | :14:59. | :15:04. | |
Black Rod is carrying the maze, not the Black Rod of the House of Lords. | :15:05. | :15:13. | |
He is placing that on the Lord Speaker's Chair, but what we will | :15:14. | :15:17. | |
shortly see will be the members of the Royal commission, who are... | :15:18. | :15:32. | |
Claire-mac my Lords, a not been convenient for the Majesty to be | :15:33. | :15:39. | |
present this day, she is pleased to... Lady Evans, the Leader of the | :15:40. | :15:45. | |
House of Lords. She has informed the house that the Queen will not be | :15:46. | :15:51. | |
present for this. For those who did what prorogation, I think the last | :15:52. | :15:55. | |
prorogation carried out by the monarch was a long time ago. This is | :15:56. | :16:01. | |
actually called opening the new parliament, the last time this is | :16:02. | :16:07. | |
undertaken by the sovereign, was on 7090 by George III. So I don't think | :16:08. | :16:11. | |
we were expecting the Queen. -- 7090. She is probably wondering | :16:12. | :16:21. | |
whether the actual opening is going to fit with the Ascot diary. What is | :16:22. | :16:24. | |
the technique for being a good speaker in the,? I think there are | :16:25. | :16:30. | |
different ways of doing it, and it depends on what you see your | :16:31. | :16:36. | |
personal style as being. Mr Speaker, John Bercow, is very hands-on. He | :16:37. | :16:40. | |
does get very involved in some of the debates. But he is very | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
commanding in the chair, you really know that he is there. Go slightly | :16:47. | :16:51. | |
yet the Lord, the Lords are going to be pretty powerful in this | :16:52. | :16:57. | |
Parliament? We do think the Salisbury Convention, the unwritten | :16:58. | :16:59. | |
rule that says whatever is in a Government manifesto must get a | :17:00. | :17:03. | |
second reading and a third reading in the House of Lords, necessarily | :17:04. | :17:07. | |
applies when the Government doesn't have a majority. And so a lot of the | :17:08. | :17:13. | |
arguments that we have had before the election where people were | :17:14. | :17:16. | |
saying, the Lords were being obstructive, I think we are going to | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
get all over again because the Government may find it quite | :17:21. | :17:23. | |
difficult to get some of the legislation through. And the big | :17:24. | :17:26. | |
question, the one that I think you were hinting at our there, saying | :17:27. | :17:31. | |
what the shape of the day will be what might lead to unexpected late | :17:32. | :17:37. | |
nights votes, this could be the so-called Great Repeal Bill, | :17:38. | :17:39. | |
transferring all the European law from the last 40 years into British | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
law so that it can later be repealed. That could give the House | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
of Lords all sorts of opportunities debating caveats and changes and we | :17:50. | :17:53. | |
could have some very long debates. The Royal Commission is entering the | :17:54. | :17:57. | |
House of Lords. Lady Evans Bowes Park, I have more dimension. Lord | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
Fowler, the Lord Speaker. Baroness Smith of Basildon, they's leader in | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
the Lords. The leader of the Lib Dem peers, don't forget, there are over | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
100 Lib Dem peers, and Lord Hope of Craighead, the convener of the | :18:13. | :18:15. | |
crossbenchers, that special grouping in the House of Lords of people who | :18:16. | :18:21. | |
have no party alignment. They will be... Looking forward to speaking to | :18:22. | :18:29. | |
Black Rod in a moment, Black Rod is advancing towards the Royal | :18:30. | :18:37. | |
Commission. Let the Commons know that the Lords Commissioners is | :18:38. | :18:40. | |
either immediate attendance in this house to you decommission red. -- | :18:41. | :18:50. | |
Tahir decommission red. Black rod has got his orders. Dealers Clarke | :18:51. | :18:56. | |
still wear their wicks, you can see. And the person we saw earlier, the | :18:57. | :19:00. | |
deputy clerk of the Crown, the only clerk who can actually enter both | :19:01. | :19:04. | |
Houses of Parliament. Uniquely in her position. Black rod is going to | :19:05. | :19:12. | |
set off, and it's an interesting possession we will see. It will be | :19:13. | :19:15. | |
the traditional one with the speaker and his gang because we have no | :19:16. | :19:23. | |
speaker. On the left of your picture, we are seeing Central | :19:24. | :19:27. | |
lobby. So shortly now, Black Rod will appear, with the principal | :19:28. | :19:35. | |
doorkeeper of the House of Lords. And I think for new members, Nepali | :19:36. | :19:44. | |
-- Natascha, they must think its ceremonial all day long. It's funny | :19:45. | :19:49. | |
when you arrive, and you don't know all the proceedings, it does look | :19:50. | :19:52. | |
like the sort of strangers, most ancient traditions. The principal | :19:53. | :19:58. | |
doorkeeper of the House of Commons there, probably waiting to announce | :19:59. | :20:03. | |
Black Rod's arrival, and he will let the House of Commons alone. -- let | :20:04. | :20:14. | |
the House of Commons known. And I'm preserving that at the table, Ken | :20:15. | :20:17. | |
Clarke, the Father of the House committees sitting there. He was | :20:18. | :20:20. | |
re-elected for Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire. He was a reduced | :20:21. | :20:26. | |
majority for him, he was first elected in the 1970s. Black Rod. | :20:27. | :20:38. | |
Announcing Black Rod there. Members of the House of Commons, the | :20:39. | :20:58. | |
Lords who are authorised by virtue of Her Majesty's commission to | :20:59. | :21:03. | |
declare the opening of Parliament, desire the presence of this | :21:04. | :21:10. | |
honourable house. In the house of Peers to you decommission red. It | :21:11. | :21:17. | |
sometimes seems that one of the big skills of a Black Rod is to keep a | :21:18. | :21:21. | |
straight face when MPs are calling out. Now he is Ken Clarke, the | :21:22. | :21:27. | |
Father of the House of Commons, and Black Rod will I company him to the | :21:28. | :21:32. | |
House of Lords. The mother of the house is actually Harriet Harman, | :21:33. | :21:35. | |
the longest serving woman MP. Behind them, the clerk of the Commons, | :21:36. | :21:39. | |
actually wearing a wig because today is a semi-state occasion. And we | :21:40. | :21:44. | |
will also see, passing through central lobby, to Reed and Jeremy | :21:45. | :21:51. | |
Corbyn, -- to reason Mac and Jeremy Corbyn, the Prime Minister and | :21:52. | :21:57. | |
Leader of the Opposition. On the left of your screen, they will | :21:58. | :22:04. | |
shortly appear, but MPs, Sajid Javid there, the Northern Ireland | :22:05. | :22:07. | |
Secretary, James Brokenshire, Chris Grayling, the Transport Secretary. | :22:08. | :22:14. | |
There is the newly appointed Treasury Minister. Do you enjoy | :22:15. | :22:24. | |
occasions like this, Natascha? Yes, absolutely love them. Because they | :22:25. | :22:28. | |
are so odd, and things often happen. Unexpected things often happen. | :22:29. | :22:35. | |
Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May, Twenty20 is talking to it Jeremy | :22:36. | :22:40. | |
Corbyn, perhaps they can -- Theresa May is talking to Jeremy Corbyn, | :22:41. | :22:44. | |
perhaps they can compare campaigns. It might take longer than this walk | :22:45. | :22:51. | |
to discuss that one. But you get a good collection of MPs at the | :22:52. | :22:53. | |
meeting of parliament. Old friends meeting up, and I think it is fair | :22:54. | :22:57. | |
to say, old friends doesn't necessarily mean the same party, | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
does it? Absolutely not. And that is one of the important thing is you're | :23:02. | :23:04. | |
seeing here, people do talk to each other. And I think one of the things | :23:05. | :23:07. | |
to remember is that the SNP lost their reader as well, so... And in | :23:08. | :23:13. | |
fact they're going to have a little election this week, at their? In | :23:14. | :23:19. | |
fact, there are four candidates here, Joanne Cherry, Tommy | :23:20. | :23:26. | |
Shepherd... None of the old guard. They are all new. , Look, bit of | :23:27. | :23:38. | |
doffing. They are out of sync, they have had eight weeks to practice. | :23:39. | :23:45. | |
They may practice. The Commons are definitely better at this. In | :23:46. | :23:49. | |
previous years, though, I think the organisation has been better at | :23:50. | :23:52. | |
doffing in sync. Lets see how the Commons will manage their brow. Not | :23:53. | :23:59. | |
bad, not great. Now, I think we got a synchronised. Third time lucky. We | :24:00. | :24:05. | |
are commanded by Her Majesty to let you know that, it don't being | :24:06. | :24:09. | |
convenient for her to be present here this day, in her royal person, | :24:10. | :24:14. | |
she hath forfeit by letters patent under the great Seal to empower | :24:15. | :24:20. | |
several Lord Spero named to do all things and Her Majesty name, to be | :24:21. | :24:27. | |
done on Her Majesty's part in this Parliament. As by the letters patent | :24:28. | :24:38. | |
will more fully appear. Elizabeth II by the grace of God of the United | :24:39. | :24:43. | |
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and other other | :24:44. | :24:46. | |
rounds and territories, Queen, head of the Commonwealth, defender of the | :24:47. | :24:53. | |
faith, to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas, by the | :24:54. | :25:01. | |
advice of our council, for such an arduous and urgent affairs | :25:02. | :25:06. | |
concerning us, the State and defence of the United Kingdom and the | :25:07. | :25:11. | |
church, we have ordered a certain parliament to be Holden at our city | :25:12. | :25:16. | |
of Westminster on Tuesday, the 13th day of June. And for as much as the | :25:17. | :25:23. | |
diverse causes and considerations, we cannot conveniently be present in | :25:24. | :25:29. | |
our royal person, in our said Parliament upon the said Tuesday the | :25:30. | :25:36. | |
13th day of June, know ye that we, trusting in the fidelity and | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
discretion and care of the most reverend father and God and our | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
faithful counsellor, Archbishop of Canterbury, my mate of all England | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
and Metropolitan, are well below that and faithful counsellor, | :25:53. | :26:03. | |
Chancellor Great Britain, and others hereafter mentioned, by the adviser | :26:04. | :26:10. | |
said council, do given grant unto the said Archbishop of Canterbury, | :26:11. | :26:16. | |
David Roy Lidington, Chancellor Great Britain, Peter Norman, Lord | :26:17. | :26:28. | |
Fowler, Lord Speaker, Baroness Evans Bowes Park, Lord Privy Seal, James | :26:29. | :26:40. | |
Arthur David, Lord Hope of Craighead... Richard Mark, Lord and | :26:41. | :26:52. | |
Lady... -- Lord Newby. Angela Evans, Baroness myth of Basildon. Or any | :26:53. | :27:03. | |
three or more of them, full power in our name to begin and hold our said | :27:04. | :27:08. | |
Parliament. And to open and declare and cause to be opened and declared | :27:09. | :27:13. | |
the causes of holding the same. And to proceed upon the said affairs in | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
our said Parliament and in all matters arising therein. And to do | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
everything, which for us and by us and for the good Government of our | :27:24. | :27:27. | |
said United Kingdom and our other dominions thereto belonging, shall | :27:28. | :27:33. | |
be therein to be done. And also if necessary to continue, Jordan and | :27:34. | :27:40. | |
parochial are said Parliament. Commanding also by the tenor of | :27:41. | :27:45. | |
these presents, with the assent of our said council, as well all and | :27:46. | :27:51. | |
every the archbishops, bishops, lords, baronets and nights, as all | :27:52. | :27:57. | |
others whom it concerns, to meet in our said Parliament. That to the | :27:58. | :28:03. | |
same Archbishop of Canterbury, Chancellor Great Britain and others, | :28:04. | :28:12. | |
or any three or more of them, they diligently intending the presence of | :28:13. | :28:18. | |
four said. Witness thereof we have caused these, letters, to be made | :28:19. | :28:22. | |
patent. Witness herself at Westminster, the 13th day of June in | :28:23. | :28:27. | |
the 66th year of our reign, by the Queen herself, signed by her own | :28:28. | :28:35. | |
hand. That was the reading clerk. Members of the House of Commons, we | :28:36. | :28:38. | |
have it in our own hand from Her Majesty, to let you know that, as | :28:39. | :28:43. | |
soon is the members of both houses shall be sworn, the causes of Her | :28:44. | :28:46. | |
Majesty calling this Parliament will be declared to you. And it being | :28:47. | :28:50. | |
necessary that a Speaker of the House of Commons should be first | :28:51. | :28:55. | |
chosen, it is Her Majesty's pleasure that you, members of the House of | :28:56. | :29:00. | |
Commons, repair to the place where you are to sit and there proceed to | :29:01. | :29:04. | |
the choice of some proper person to be your speaker. And that you | :29:05. | :29:12. | |
present such a person, whom you shall so choose here today, for Her | :29:13. | :29:22. | |
Majesty's royal approbation. What I meant was, MPs, can you go back | :29:23. | :29:27. | |
again to your house and elect a Speaker? The Commons back. Lord | :29:28. | :29:36. | |
Newby was rather diffident on his or individual door. That was pretty | :29:37. | :29:42. | |
good, that was... Wasn't bad. They are doing OK in the Commons. Jeremy | :29:43. | :29:45. | |
Corbyn does his own separate bow to the Royal Commission. It is | :29:46. | :29:52. | |
interesting seeing that we live in a monarchy. It is the Queen that | :29:53. | :29:56. | |
besides all this. As you say. As soon as members of both houses shall | :29:57. | :30:00. | |
be sworn, the causes of Her Majesty calling this Parliament shall be | :30:01. | :30:04. | |
declared to you. And then to the Commons am a repair to the place | :30:05. | :30:09. | |
where you are to sit and there proceed to the choice of some proper | :30:10. | :30:12. | |
person to stop there is an interesting point about real action | :30:13. | :30:16. | |
of the speaker, isn't their? Because MPs have not taken the oath at this | :30:17. | :30:21. | |
stage, have their? They haven't. It's an entirely, as it were, free | :30:22. | :30:26. | |
vote. Absolutely. And it's really about, it only happens... The most | :30:27. | :30:33. | |
likely thing to happen is that usually elected. But the near back | :30:34. | :30:42. | |
of taking part today... It's the one thing that can be done by the | :30:43. | :30:45. | |
Commons without taking the oath. And in theory, Sinn Fein members could | :30:46. | :30:52. | |
come, but they don't. Now, the Black Rod has said farewell to the | :30:53. | :30:55. | |
Commons, Jeremy Corbyn gives him a cheery wave, I think Theresa May | :30:56. | :31:00. | |
gave him a cheery way. Is seeing them of the premises. Making sure | :31:01. | :31:06. | |
they don't say. Mickey it to halfway across the Central lobby, I think | :31:07. | :31:10. | |
that is the limit of his territory. Barry Gardner there, who seem to | :31:11. | :31:14. | |
have moved from quiet, diffident backbencher to elder statement of | :31:15. | :31:18. | |
the country. And sex but, surprisingly. Any particular group | :31:19. | :31:25. | |
is appealing to? A lot of women. Welcomer he's the one who had a | :31:26. | :31:28. | |
quiet life and is now everywhere. Oath absolutely. And in the Commons, | :31:29. | :31:37. | |
lords and MPs didn't go, Hilary Benn on the left. You know these better | :31:38. | :31:44. | |
than need, who can use the? The thing you have to do as deputy | :31:45. | :31:48. | |
speakers learn everybody's names. Father of the House, Ken Park, they | :31:49. | :31:55. | |
bow. And then Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn, they will bow. They have | :31:56. | :31:57. | |
bowed. Jeremy Corbyn didn't There is no Serjeant at Arms, there | :31:58. | :32:09. | |
is no macer the Commons, they are not constituted, this is an informal | :32:10. | :32:14. | |
moment, until this moment where they start the process of electing the | :32:15. | :32:15. | |
Speaker. Karen Brady, there, taking her seat. | :32:16. | :32:34. | |
The new Lord Chancellor David Liddington. He was mentioned in the | :32:35. | :32:39. | |
appointment of the Royal Commissioners as being the Lord | :32:40. | :32:42. | |
Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Justice as well, of course. | :32:43. | :32:47. | |
Lynne truss has become Chief Secretary to the Treasury. A | :32:48. | :32:49. | |
somewhat more junior post. -- Lynne truss. Order, order, | :32:50. | :33:11. | |
understanding order Dawan eh, I am required to ascertain whether John | :33:12. | :33:15. | |
Bercow is willing to be chosen as Speaker. I call Mr John Bercow. Good | :33:16. | :33:28. | |
reception for the Speaker. What a pleasure it is to welcome you back | :33:29. | :33:35. | |
to This Place as we have the accolade of Father Of The House, to | :33:36. | :33:40. | |
the many achievements of your long and distinguished career. Next | :33:41. | :33:51. | |
Sunday, you will mark 47 years continuous service to your | :33:52. | :33:56. | |
constituency Rushcliffe, to this Chamber and two are country as a | :33:57. | :34:04. | |
whole. You are held in great affection and esteem. On both sides | :34:05. | :34:13. | |
of the House! And I am sure that I speak for all colleagues in wishing | :34:14. | :34:23. | |
you well in your new role. If the House so permits, I shall be | :34:24. | :34:28. | |
honoured to serve as Speaker in this Parliament which, thankfully, across | :34:29. | :34:38. | |
the parties, is more richly diverse and representative of modern Britain | :34:39. | :34:46. | |
than any of its predecessors. I will strive to ensure that all parts of | :34:47. | :34:52. | |
the House are heard fully and fairly and, as always, I will champion the | :34:53. | :35:04. | |
rights of backbenchers to question, to probe, to scrutinise and to hold | :35:05. | :35:10. | |
to account the government of the day. | :35:11. | :35:11. | |
LAUGHTER Finally, Mr Clarke, I refer | :35:12. | :35:34. | |
admiringly to your 47 year tenure. It may come as a relief to | :35:35. | :35:40. | |
colleagues to know that I have no pretensions to seek to serve for | :35:41. | :35:46. | |
anything like so long... LAUGHTER | :35:47. | :35:59. | |
Either as a parliamentarian or indeed in the Chair as Speaker. That | :36:00. | :36:12. | |
said, we appear to be destined for testing times. I offer myself to the | :36:13. | :36:23. | |
House as a tested Speaker. My bank Mr John Bercow for those crying | :36:24. | :36:27. | |
unflattering remarks, particularly referring to my longevity -- those | :36:28. | :36:36. | |
kind and flattering remarks, which is the only fact you can assert | :36:37. | :36:41. | |
about my Parliamentary career. I call upon Mrs Gerald Delyn to move | :36:42. | :36:56. | |
the motion. -- Cheryl Gillan. Can I start by adding my belated | :36:57. | :37:02. | |
congratulations to the Father Of The House, the right honourable member | :37:03. | :37:06. | |
for Rushcliffe? Earlier this year we sadly lost another member of the | :37:07. | :37:18. | |
1970 intake, the very well-respected Sir Gerald Kaufman, of whom the | :37:19. | :37:21. | |
Leader of the Opposition said, he loved life and politics, and as John | :37:22. | :37:27. | |
Bercow said, having served in all of the departments of State, virtually, | :37:28. | :37:32. | |
and all of the great offices throughout your long, distinguished | :37:33. | :37:35. | |
career, it is a tribute to your record of public service and your | :37:36. | :37:40. | |
resilience that you preside over the opening proceedings of our | :37:41. | :37:42. | |
Parliament today, and the election of a new Speaker. Whilst welcoming | :37:43. | :37:48. | |
all my colleagues returning to the House who unnaturally familiar with | :37:49. | :37:53. | |
the Speaker's role, we're all pleased to welcome new members | :37:54. | :37:58. | |
across all sides of the House. However, they may not realise that | :37:59. | :38:04. | |
the Speaker 's office, under this name goes back a mere 640 years. The | :38:05. | :38:11. | |
Speaker was then the agent of the King, and was afforded little | :38:12. | :38:17. | |
protection. If the agent of the King offered bad news, he suffered the | :38:18. | :38:23. | |
monarch's craft, and no less than seven speakers will be headed | :38:24. | :38:25. | |
between 1394 and 1351. -- 1551. LAUGHTER | :38:26. | :38:45. | |
Fortunately the job description has changed since then. And our modern | :38:46. | :38:51. | |
Speaker or text us, and our rights as backbenchers, without fear of | :38:52. | :38:56. | |
losing his head. Except, I have to say, when members misbehave in this | :38:57. | :39:03. | |
Chamber. Compare to the father of a House with 47 years experience, I am | :39:04. | :39:07. | |
just a youngster in This Place, but over the 25 years I have served in | :39:08. | :39:10. | |
Parliament, I have seen many changes. The wigs have gone except | :39:11. | :39:19. | |
for today, a state occasion. The allies have changed -- the hours | :39:20. | :39:25. | |
have changed... MPs are looking at Michael | :39:26. | :39:42. | |
fabricant, who has an interesting hairstyle at the best of times! The | :39:43. | :39:49. | |
hours have changed, the committees have increased, technology has | :39:50. | :39:54. | |
advanced, the media never sleeps and the challenges of the job of Speaker | :39:55. | :40:01. | |
continue to multiply. And since the 22nd of June 2009, I have seen the | :40:02. | :40:09. | |
right honourable member rise to those challenges. He has shown | :40:10. | :40:13. | |
himself to be utterly impartial and fearless in defending the House of | :40:14. | :40:17. | |
Commons from all comers, whether it be over mighty ministers or a | :40:18. | :40:21. | |
raucous media. He was determined champion of opening up our | :40:22. | :40:25. | |
democracy, bringing in reforms that have made Parliament accessible to | :40:26. | :40:31. | |
over 100,000 each year. He is an effective Speaker who has used his | :40:32. | :40:34. | |
office to reach out to people across our country. He is an energetic | :40:35. | :40:38. | |
ambassador for Parliament throughout the United Kingdom and around the | :40:39. | :40:43. | |
world, but he is also a devoted and hard-working champion for his | :40:44. | :40:48. | |
constituents in Buckinghamshire. These are not my words, but the | :40:49. | :40:53. | |
endorsements from the right honourable members for Sutton | :40:54. | :40:56. | |
Coldfield, moment in Pontefract and Coldfield, moment in Pontefract and | :40:57. | :40:59. | |
Castleford, the Leader of the Opposition and the Prime Minister. | :41:00. | :41:02. | |
But my favourite endorsement is from But my favourite endorsement is from | :41:03. | :41:09. | |
the right honourable member for Camberwell in Peckham, who said upon | :41:10. | :41:13. | |
his reappointment in 2013 that he may be small in stature but make no | :41:14. | :41:17. | |
mistake, in the office of Speaker, he is a giant. Perhaps it is true | :41:18. | :41:22. | |
that good things do come in small packages. | :41:23. | :41:33. | |
For my own part, I have always found them to be scrupulously fair, never | :41:34. | :41:43. | |
allowing his views to compromises and partiality, although I think on | :41:44. | :41:48. | |
all sides of the House, we can agree that he is no stranger to | :41:49. | :41:55. | |
controversy. I think he annoys members of all front benches from | :41:56. | :41:59. | |
time to time which is probably testament to his evenhandedness. He | :42:00. | :42:02. | |
fosters a sense of community amongst those who work in the precincts and | :42:03. | :42:06. | |
applies himself with vigour to all the many and varied tasks that alter | :42:07. | :42:12. | |
the role. But he also has priorities which many of us wonder at. His | :42:13. | :42:20. | |
ability to recall obscure information on members, I warn you | :42:21. | :42:23. | |
members, of course. His live graciousness and command of the | :42:24. | :42:29. | |
English language and in particular his ability to remain in the Chair | :42:30. | :42:36. | |
for an inordinate length of time, the record being an 11 hour 24 | :42:37. | :42:40. | |
minutes uninterrupted stent during the Syria debate, causing much | :42:41. | :42:52. | |
admiring comment. His performance in the Chamber is much like his record | :42:53. | :42:56. | |
outside. He has hosted over 1000 events for charities and the size of | :42:57. | :43:01. | |
the administration of This Place with great patience and good humour, | :43:02. | :43:09. | |
to which I can attest. This Parliament, like all that have gone | :43:10. | :43:14. | |
before, will have its own character and present its own challenges. Over | :43:15. | :43:20. | |
the next two years, our country will go through the great changes that | :43:21. | :43:26. | |
people'saquatic votes have presented to us in this House, and, at the | :43:27. | :43:29. | |
same time, we will face the very real threats to that freedom and | :43:30. | :43:35. | |
democracy and our precious way of life which has been thrown so | :43:36. | :43:39. | |
starkly into focus with the cyber attack on our NHS, the two | :43:40. | :43:44. | |
unspeakable acts of violence during the election campaign, the death of | :43:45. | :43:53. | |
PC Keith Palmer, and of course the loss of our colleague, Jo Cox, who | :43:54. | :44:03. | |
was taken from us a year ago this week. As Speaker he has always acted | :44:04. | :44:09. | |
swiftly to join others with words and actions are I was proud to see | :44:10. | :44:12. | |
him in Manchester standing shoulder to shoulder with the community that | :44:13. | :44:16. | |
had come under such lethal attack. In times like this, and in our | :44:17. | :44:23. | |
deliberations in this House, we need the experience, maturity and | :44:24. | :44:28. | |
commitment to our Parliament which I believe was shown by the right on | :44:29. | :44:32. | |
the member for Buckingham. His devotion to this House and this | :44:33. | :44:37. | |
country cannot be disputed. He has served this House, and us, as | :44:38. | :44:42. | |
members, with strength and fortitude and I have great pleasure in | :44:43. | :44:46. | |
commending him to the House, to serve as our next Speaker. The | :44:47. | :44:54. | |
question is that Mr John Bercow do take the Chair of this House as | :44:55. | :45:00. | |
Speaker. As many as a Rhondda opinion Soliai... To the contrary, | :45:01. | :45:09. | |
no. I think the Ayes have it. The Ayes have it. Not a word of dissent, | :45:10. | :45:17. | |
and the Speaker is now being dragged to the Chair. That is by his | :45:18. | :45:28. | |
supporters. That is Alison McGovern, leading this little band. That is | :45:29. | :45:37. | |
Helen grant. He dragged into the Chair last time, in 2015. | :45:38. | :45:44. | |
John Bercow is a holder of records, as we heard, heals the record for a | :45:45. | :45:49. | |
longest written question, over 10,000 words. Mr Speaker elect. | :45:50. | :45:57. | |
Colleagues, before I take the care of Speaker elect, I was first to | :45:58. | :46:02. | |
thank the house for the honour that is again bestowed upon me. I am | :46:03. | :46:06. | |
aware that it is the greatest honour it can give to any of its members. I | :46:07. | :46:17. | |
pray that I shall justify its continuing confidence and I propose | :46:18. | :46:20. | |
to do all within my power to preserve and to cherish its best | :46:21. | :46:27. | |
traditions. I want, if I may, just to say to other things. First, and | :46:28. | :46:35. | |
it's a repetition, but I think it's justified, isn't it marvellous to | :46:36. | :46:41. | |
see the Right Honourable and learned gentleman, a member from Ashford, as | :46:42. | :46:48. | |
Father of the House and bacteria in rude health? -- the member for which | :46:49. | :46:54. | |
list. Secondly, in welcoming the presence of all colleagues today, | :46:55. | :47:01. | |
and congratulating all those in all parties who have been re-elected, I | :47:02. | :47:06. | |
help experienced members will understand if I pay particular | :47:07. | :47:16. | |
tribute to the, I believe, 87 members newly elected for the first | :47:17. | :47:27. | |
time. Whatever else you have done or will do in the course of your | :47:28. | :47:35. | |
careers, there will be no greater honour than that which you have just | :47:36. | :47:38. | |
detained as an elected member of Parliament. And I am sure each and | :47:39. | :47:43. | |
everyone of you will be very conscious of your responsibility to | :47:44. | :47:51. | |
your constituents. Rest assured, the speaker will look out for you and be | :47:52. | :48:00. | |
very keen, sooner rather than later, and more frequently rather than less | :48:01. | :48:04. | |
frequently to hear from you. On behalf of the Government. Mr | :48:05. | :48:20. | |
Speaker elect. LAUGHTER | :48:21. | :48:28. | |
He must move the mace to its correct position on the table. 30 fewer | :48:29. | :48:34. | |
Conservative MPs, no, sorry, 13 if you're Conservative MPs -- fewer | :48:35. | :48:45. | |
Conservative MPs in this Parliament. I was going to say, to all those of | :48:46. | :48:51. | |
our new members, you can be in this house for 20 years and still not | :48:52. | :48:55. | |
know the protocol. Mr Speaker elect, on behalf of the whole house, May I | :48:56. | :49:00. | |
congratulate you on your real action. At least someone got a | :49:01. | :49:02. | |
landslide. LAUGHTER | :49:03. | :49:10. | |
And may I also congratulate you on being the first speaker since the | :49:11. | :49:13. | |
Second World War to be re-elected three times. In your Kenya so far, | :49:14. | :49:21. | |
you have been a great champion of backbenchers, ensuring every member | :49:22. | :49:24. | |
of this house has hurt the opportunity to speak and be heard in | :49:25. | :49:30. | |
representing the people they serve. -- has had the opportunity. I know | :49:31. | :49:35. | |
you will continue in this vital role in the future, just as you have in | :49:36. | :49:40. | |
the past. But we also thank, my right honourable friend, the member | :49:41. | :49:43. | |
for brushless first-inning hitter in the selection and his role as the | :49:44. | :49:49. | |
Father of the House. He has, as you have said, had a long and distinct | :49:50. | :49:54. | |
career in his service to his constituents and this country, and | :49:55. | :49:57. | |
if I may say, it is very good to see him back here where he belongs. But | :49:58. | :50:04. | |
it may not surprise him that I intend to be difficult today. And | :50:05. | :50:10. | |
break with tradition. By not only welcoming him as the Father of the | :50:11. | :50:15. | |
House but also welcome the returning Mother Of The House, the right | :50:16. | :50:18. | |
Honourable member for Campbell and Peckham has been... Has been a great | :50:19. | :50:24. | |
advocate for increasing the number of women in parliament and I am sure | :50:25. | :50:28. | |
she will join me in celebrating the fact that there are now more women | :50:29. | :50:33. | |
MPs than ever before. And as we welcome new members on all sides of | :50:34. | :50:37. | |
the house, we should also celebrate the fact that we now have a record | :50:38. | :50:42. | |
number of MPs from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, | :50:43. | :50:46. | |
including the first ever female Sikh MP, the honourable MP for | :50:47. | :50:53. | |
Birmingham. We also have more disabled MPs and more LGBT MPs, and | :50:54. | :50:56. | |
I hope that together, we will continue to build on the progress we | :50:57. | :51:01. | |
have made in previous parliaments to fight against discrimination in all | :51:02. | :51:04. | |
its forms, and make our politics more representative of all the | :51:05. | :51:08. | |
people we serve. For while there is further to go, if there is one | :51:09. | :51:13. | |
outcome from this election we can all welcome, it is surely this. That | :51:14. | :51:19. | |
today, we have the most diverse and most representative parliament in | :51:20. | :51:24. | |
our history. Mr Speaker elect, I know that members across the house | :51:25. | :51:28. | |
will also want to pay tribute to their predecessors. We will all miss | :51:29. | :51:32. | |
former members not returned to this Khan house, but we will welcome our | :51:33. | :51:38. | |
new colleagues. Being a member of this house is a great privilege that | :51:39. | :51:45. | |
requires dedication and often personal sacrifice, and everyone in | :51:46. | :51:48. | |
this chamber does it because they want to serve the public. Whatever | :51:49. | :51:51. | |
the result, general elections are above all a exercise in democracy | :51:52. | :51:58. | |
and our values. The very democracy and values that the recent terrorist | :51:59. | :52:02. | |
attacks sought to undermine. Mr Speaker elect, this is the first | :52:03. | :52:06. | |
opportunity Parliament has had to reflect upon the despicable attacks | :52:07. | :52:10. | |
in Manchester and London Bridge, and I am sure members on all sides will | :52:11. | :52:14. | |
want to join me in sending our deepest condolences to the families | :52:15. | :52:17. | |
and loved ones of all those who lost their lives in the attacks. And I | :52:18. | :52:23. | |
know the House will also want to express admiration for the work of | :52:24. | :52:28. | |
what all our police and emergency services, whose courage and speed of | :52:29. | :52:33. | |
response saved many lives. As we begin this new parliament, it is | :52:34. | :52:36. | |
clear our country faces some of the greatest challenges of our time. The | :52:37. | :52:40. | |
challenge of keeping our nation safe, including by defeating the | :52:41. | :52:44. | |
perverted ideology of Islamist extremism. The challenge of securing | :52:45. | :52:48. | |
the best possible Brexit deal and delivering the will of the British | :52:49. | :52:51. | |
people and taking the United Kingdom out of the European Union. And the | :52:52. | :52:55. | |
challenge of spreading opportunity and prosperity to every part of our | :52:56. | :52:59. | |
United Kingdom is that no one and no community is left behind. In meeting | :53:00. | :53:03. | |
these challenges, what we have seen from the election is that there are | :53:04. | :53:06. | |
parts of our country that remain divided, between young and old, rich | :53:07. | :53:11. | |
and poor, those for whom the future offers a sense of opportunity and | :53:12. | :53:14. | |
those for whom it brings worry and concern. Some people blame politics | :53:15. | :53:21. | |
for these divisions. Or say there is too much politics. But politics can | :53:22. | :53:25. | |
be an incredible force for good, conducted in the right way, it can | :53:26. | :53:27. | |
beat how we resolve our differences, how we deal with injustices and how | :53:28. | :53:33. | |
we take, not shirk, the big decisions. It's not always glamorous | :53:34. | :53:37. | |
or exciting, but at its best, the duty we share as politicians to | :53:38. | :53:41. | |
serve others in confronting these challenges is a truly noble calling | :53:42. | :53:46. | |
for us all. And the test for all of us is whether we choose to reflect | :53:47. | :53:53. | |
for -- divisions or overcome them. So that us open this Parliament and | :53:54. | :53:58. | |
conduct ourselves in a memorably stating, to debate, to disagree, but | :53:59. | :54:04. | |
to recognise we all want to see a Britain that are safer, more secure | :54:05. | :54:08. | |
and fairer fertile than an grandchildren. And that our shared | :54:09. | :54:11. | |
values, interests and ambitions can bring us together as we face | :54:12. | :54:17. | |
challenges ahead, let us come together in a spirit of national | :54:18. | :54:20. | |
unity to keep our country safe and build a stronger, fairer and more | :54:21. | :54:23. | |
prosperous future for everyone in every part of our United Kingdom. | :54:24. | :54:29. | |
90, called the Leader of the Opposition. Leader of Her Majesty's | :54:30. | :54:37. | |
loyal opposition, Jeremy Corbyn. Thank you very much, and I followed | :54:38. | :54:41. | |
the Prime Minister in her remarks on the work we all have to do in this | :54:42. | :54:45. | |
Prime Minister -- parliament, but I also want to thank the Honourable | :54:46. | :54:51. | |
member for brushless in becoming Father of the House. I have never | :54:52. | :54:57. | |
quite forgotten the image of the member for first place in the | :54:58. | :55:05. | |
tearoom eating hush puppies, does not wearing hush puppies, eating a | :55:06. | :55:10. | |
bacon sandwich and smoking a cigar while taking a break on a debate on | :55:11. | :55:12. | |
healthy living. LAUGHTER | :55:13. | :55:20. | |
And he has had a very long and distinguished career in this House, | :55:21. | :55:27. | |
and punctuated this year by a speech in the Brexit debate in which he | :55:28. | :55:35. | |
lamented that his party had become mildly anti-immigrant. How new that | :55:36. | :55:41. | |
might be is offered a bit, but I would also like to note, that it is | :55:42. | :55:48. | |
at best, mildly and to work, -- anti-worker, anti-pensioner, and to | :55:49. | :55:53. | |
young people, and he disabled... It's all right, it's all right, Mr | :55:54. | :56:01. | |
Speaker, it is custom error, to congratulate the returning prime | :56:02. | :56:05. | |
ministers. -- it is custom error. I absolutely do so, don't sure she | :56:06. | :56:09. | |
would agree with me that democracy is a wonderful thing and can drop | :56:10. | :56:11. | |
some very unexpected results. LAUGHTER | :56:12. | :56:18. | |
And I am sure... And I'm sure we all look forward to welcoming the | :56:19. | :56:23. | |
Queen's speech, just as soon as the coalition of chaos has been | :56:24. | :56:30. | |
negotiated. And Mr Speaker, I just let the House now and the rest of | :56:31. | :56:35. | |
the nation note that if that is not possible, the Labour Party stands | :56:36. | :56:39. | |
ready to offer a strong and stable leadership in the national interest. | :56:40. | :56:50. | |
I want to warmly welcomed Mr Speaker, all the members of this | :56:51. | :56:55. | |
House. There is, as you and others have said, no greater honour than | :56:56. | :56:58. | |
being elected here. And it is an amazing day when you first come and | :56:59. | :57:03. | |
take the seat here. The honour of representing your constituents and | :57:04. | :57:05. | |
taking decisions that will help people's lives, that is why we are | :57:06. | :57:09. | |
elected here, to represent those who have paid us here, to try and make | :57:10. | :57:13. | |
their lives better. As you have quite rightly pointed out, we now | :57:14. | :57:20. | |
have mocked over 200 -- we not have over 200 women MPs, more than before | :57:21. | :57:24. | |
in the history of the Parliament, I think that is an excellent thing and | :57:25. | :57:28. | |
I joined the Prime Minister in congratulating the member for | :57:29. | :57:31. | |
Campbell and Peckham on all that she has done in this Parliament and for | :57:32. | :57:37. | |
women in general. Mr Speaker, I would like to mark the anniversary | :57:38. | :57:43. | |
of the election of four black MPs in this House 30 years ago, and in | :57:44. | :57:48. | |
particular, I welcome my right honourable friend, the member for | :57:49. | :57:55. | |
Hackney and for less trees, two of the four who were elected and are | :57:56. | :58:00. | |
now members of the most diverse House of Commons ever. They paved | :58:01. | :58:06. | |
the way and I have to say, picked up an awful lot, by being pioneers and | :58:07. | :58:12. | |
taking their seats in 1987. It is vital for democracy that all voices | :58:13. | :58:16. | |
are heard and represented. Mr Speaker, there can be no better | :58:17. | :58:21. | |
speaker than you. In the 30 years that I have been here, you have | :58:22. | :58:24. | |
always ensure that backbench voices are heard and the way that you | :58:25. | :58:30. | |
presided over our chamber at all times, the good, the bad, the tragic | :58:31. | :58:35. | |
and the difficult. Particularly, the weight which he had presided over | :58:36. | :58:39. | |
this chamber after the horrors of what happened on Westminster Bridge, | :58:40. | :58:41. | |
when those horrors came almost to the door of Parliament. And whilst | :58:42. | :58:46. | |
Parliament has obviously not been in session for the past few weeks, we | :58:47. | :58:50. | |
also commemorate the awfulness of what happened in Manchester and what | :58:51. | :58:56. | |
happened on London Bridge. We have to stand together as communities, | :58:57. | :58:59. | |
strong, united, against those that would seek to divide and destroy the | :59:00. | :59:06. | |
democracy we have in our society. And I congratulate you on the way in | :59:07. | :59:10. | |
which you have conducted yourself, the inclusive debates, you make sure | :59:11. | :59:13. | |
backbenchers are fully involved with over the years you have been | :59:14. | :59:17. | |
Speaker. We have two things in common, at least two things in | :59:18. | :59:22. | |
common. First, which is very divisive, a love for Arsenal | :59:23. | :59:27. | |
football club. I realise that would bring that sort of comment, but I | :59:28. | :59:31. | |
can cope, it's all right. But secondly, we both came to this place | :59:32. | :59:36. | |
having been local councillors and I think serving communities on local | :59:37. | :59:38. | |
authorities is very important and I am delighted at the number of former | :59:39. | :59:42. | |
councillors are serving councillors who were elected to this House on | :59:43. | :59:45. | |
Thursday night because they also bring a very special expertise and | :59:46. | :59:51. | |
knowledge to this House. We have to speak up for our constituents and | :59:52. | :59:54. | |
that is why we are here, and I know, Mr Speaker, you will make sure these | :59:55. | :59:59. | |
voices are heard. I want to thank you for your role as speaker in | :00:00. | :00:03. | |
facilitating exhibitions and this House. I took part in one in | :00:04. | :00:09. | |
commemorating the end of the slave trade, and the many receptions you | :00:10. | :00:12. | |
have held for charities in the Speaker's House, and the way in | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
which you have travelled around the country, reaching out and spreading | :00:18. | :00:21. | |
the whole idea of democracy in schools and colleges, not | :00:22. | :00:24. | |
necessarily famous, not necessarily well-known, but you have reached out | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
to people in a way that had never been done before and I think we | :00:28. | :00:29. | |
should all be very grateful to you for that. | :00:30. | :00:38. | |
It is a great tradition of democracy, and you stand in that | :00:39. | :00:43. | |
tradition of a Speaker standing up for democracy. And many other | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
speakers, your job and his job was to protect Chrissy and rise above | :00:50. | :00:55. | |
party debate. I just hope that now we can have that real debate in | :00:56. | :01:03. | |
future -- to protect democracy. Mr Speaker, we'll look forward to this | :01:04. | :01:08. | |
Parliament, however short it might be! That we can be the voice for | :01:09. | :01:15. | |
change in our society because more people, particularly young people, | :01:16. | :01:19. | |
than ever before, took part in this recent general election. They took | :01:20. | :01:23. | |
part because they wanted to see things done differently in our | :01:24. | :01:27. | |
society. They wanted our Parliament to represent them and deliver change | :01:28. | :01:32. | |
for them. And I am looking forward to this Parliament like no other | :01:33. | :01:37. | |
Parliament ever before, to challenge and hopefully bring about that | :01:38. | :01:45. | |
change. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Thank you, Mr Stewart Hosie of the SNP. | :01:46. | :01:50. | |
The SNP, who lost one third of their seats at Westminster. I'd like to | :01:51. | :01:56. | |
offer condolences to those who lost their lives in Manchester and London | :01:57. | :01:59. | |
and pay tribute to the emergency services. It is right that we do | :02:00. | :02:04. | |
that as our democratic process was affected twice, in a short campaign. | :02:05. | :02:09. | |
Can I also say that we will miss many of those who have lost their | :02:10. | :02:14. | |
seats from all parts of the House, while we welcome all new members | :02:15. | :02:18. | |
from all parties, there are some big beasts who have gone and I suspect | :02:19. | :02:22. | |
that we will miss them all sooner rather than later. I agree with the | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
Prime Minister in one other thing she said, that politics are not | :02:26. | :02:32. | |
divisive. That is important, whether we take a different view on the | :02:33. | :02:37. | |
constitution, on Brexit, on social policy, on tax-and-spend, these are | :02:38. | :02:43. | |
simply the different opinions political opponents, not enemies, | :02:44. | :02:47. | |
and if we can reflect a little more respect across all the parties, that | :02:48. | :02:53. | |
would do this House and politics at regular good. Mr Speaker, may I | :02:54. | :02:58. | |
congratulate you? We in the SNP have always seen you as a champion, | :02:59. | :03:02. | |
ensuring that all of the voices across and indeed within the parties | :03:03. | :03:09. | |
are properly heard. Indeed, I can also say having sat and work with | :03:10. | :03:12. | |
you on the House of Commons Commission, you have shown yourself | :03:13. | :03:16. | |
to be incredibly diligent, with attention to detail in the way that | :03:17. | :03:20. | |
this building and House of Commons is run out with the Chamber, and I | :03:21. | :03:24. | |
am sure that those who join you on that commission in this Parliament | :03:25. | :03:29. | |
will find exactly the same thing. So, in congratulating you, and we | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
do, I will make one final comment. The Leader of the Opposition has | :03:34. | :03:38. | |
referred to a coalition that is as yet undefined and a programme for | :03:39. | :03:42. | |
government which appears to be as yet unwritten, and giving there is | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
no absolute majority in this House, we are in for interesting times so, | :03:47. | :03:51. | |
with my congratulations, Mr Speaker, may I wish you all the very best of | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
luck? Stewart Hosie of the SNP, they lost one third of their members at | :04:00. | :04:04. | |
the general election. May I associate myself with the remarks | :04:05. | :04:09. | |
made by the speakers so far, especially in light of the outrages | :04:10. | :04:12. | |
that took place in both Manchester and London during the general | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
election campaign? These were outrages that were meant to divide | :04:18. | :04:21. | |
us, and our response is to be united, to show love and respect, | :04:22. | :04:25. | |
immense gratitude to those who came to our aid, those who came to help | :04:26. | :04:31. | |
those who are stricken, those who keep us safe, and as we were | :04:32. | :04:35. | |
attacked in This Place a few months earlier and so the death of Keith | :04:36. | :04:40. | |
Palmer, we are reminded in the most utterly blissful way how safe our | :04:41. | :04:46. | |
police and security services to us, and do are immensely grateful. May I | :04:47. | :04:54. | |
associate myself with the generous remarks made by the members for | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
Camberwell and Beckham and for Rushcliffe and also with the remarks | :04:59. | :05:03. | |
made by the right honourable member for Chesham and Amersham. She made | :05:04. | :05:07. | |
one mistake, she said we had got rid of nearly all of the, and thereafter | :05:08. | :05:15. | |
all of us now, that there's a 50% increase. Come on, I am all week! Mr | :05:16. | :05:26. | |
Speaker... If you are quiet, about 90 seconds, Mr Speaker, | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
congratulations on your re-election which is utterly well-deserved. You | :05:30. | :05:34. | |
have the privilege of serving and deciding over one of the most | :05:35. | :05:36. | |
interesting parliaments in recent years. You are the first Speaker in | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
modern times to preside over not just one but two balance parliaments | :05:44. | :05:48. | |
and between you and me we need to do something about the chaos and | :05:49. | :05:51. | |
absolute instability caused by the first past the post electoral | :05:52. | :05:59. | |
system. We have every right to expect, and every confidence, that | :06:00. | :06:02. | |
you will continue with characteristic good grace and | :06:03. | :06:05. | |
humour, too presided over This Place. You are known for your | :06:06. | :06:09. | |
fairness and willingness to ensure that voice is right across This | :06:10. | :06:13. | |
Place, from every corner of the United Kingdom and every party, are | :06:14. | :06:18. | |
heard. I'm sure that my colleagues, returned here in greater numbers, | :06:19. | :06:22. | |
will look forward to speaking clearly for their constituents, as | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
we embark on these critical Brexit negotiations. After this recent, | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
divisive period, it will be our intention to seek unity in the | :06:33. | :06:34. | |
national interest and common purpose across this House, and where we | :06:35. | :06:38. | |
disagree with other parties, to seek to disagree well, and with grace. We | :06:39. | :06:47. | |
should also speak out in favour of restored investment in schools, | :06:48. | :06:49. | |
health, social care and the police force, believing that a Parliament | :06:50. | :06:54. | |
that does not invest in those public services as no servant of its | :06:55. | :06:57. | |
people. Once again, congratulations from me and all of my colleagues. Mr | :06:58. | :07:09. | |
Nigel Dodds. Fresh from the talks in Downing Street, of course. | :07:10. | :07:12. | |
Congratulations on your re-election, and I wish you very, very well | :07:13. | :07:17. | |
indeed in the post that you now reoccupied. You have always been | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
assiduous in ensuring that those with smaller parties, regional | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
parties and those with little influence in this House have heard | :07:26. | :07:31. | |
-- have had their voice heard. And can I say that I wish that in | :07:32. | :07:37. | |
future, while some things may have changed, it is good that you remain | :07:38. | :07:41. | |
in place and that some things haven't changed. We look forward to | :07:42. | :07:46. | |
this Parliament, and I want to commiserate with all those members | :07:47. | :07:51. | |
on all sides of the House who have failed to be re-elected or who have | :07:52. | :07:55. | |
left us, and congratulate all members of all parties who have | :07:56. | :08:00. | |
joined. I want to pay tribute to those members from Northern Ireland, | :08:01. | :08:04. | |
from other parties, who have not been re-elected and I hope to thank | :08:05. | :08:11. | |
them for their service and we Berahino responsibility now in this | :08:12. | :08:16. | |
House, along with the independent member as the only representatives | :08:17. | :08:20. | |
from Northern Ireland, and we intend to carry out that responsibility | :08:21. | :08:24. | |
very, very carefully indeed. We hope, of course, for the restoration | :08:25. | :08:28. | |
as soon as is the will of our locally devolved Assembly and | :08:29. | :08:32. | |
executive in Northern Ireland, where everybody can play a part in the | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
government of Northern Ireland. So, Mr Speaker elect, we have | :08:38. | :08:41. | |
interesting times ahead. I look forward to playing a full role in | :08:42. | :08:44. | |
the proceedings of this Parliament over the course of the next five | :08:45. | :08:48. | |
years, and I wish you well in office during that time. Mr hig Owen | :08:49. | :08:52. | |
Williams. -- Hywel Williams. These sorts of | :08:53. | :09:07. | |
horrible acts have no place in democracy and we all join together | :09:08. | :09:12. | |
to condemn them. I will begin by just welcoming my new honourable | :09:13. | :09:24. | |
friend for Ceredigion. It is good to have another Plaid Cymru member was | :09:25. | :09:26. | |
again and we look forward to hearing his contributions. I would like to | :09:27. | :09:31. | |
congratulate both you, Mr Speaker, and the Father Of The House and | :09:32. | :09:41. | |
members on both sides of the House, we are looking forward to | :09:42. | :09:45. | |
knowledgeable and confident interventions during what is likely | :09:46. | :09:48. | |
to be one of the most lively and important parliaments of recent | :09:49. | :09:52. | |
years, not least, of course, because of the matter mainly before us in | :09:53. | :09:58. | |
This Place, the matter of the UK's place in Europe, which has been one | :09:59. | :10:03. | |
of the central political issues for so long, and we look forward to | :10:04. | :10:07. | |
contributions on that. I hope that he will continue in your positive | :10:08. | :10:11. | |
attitudes towards the workings of This Place, to the modernisation of | :10:12. | :10:17. | |
that working, for the rights of backbenchers and for the very fair | :10:18. | :10:20. | |
treatment that you have always provided for the smaller parties. | :10:21. | :10:29. | |
Caroline Lucas. The only Green MP. Can a associate myself with the | :10:30. | :10:33. | |
remarks made by the primers and others about those atrocities at | :10:34. | :10:37. | |
Manchester and in London Bridge and our hearts go out all those affected | :10:38. | :10:41. | |
by them. I'm delighted to congratulate you, Mr Speaker elect, | :10:42. | :10:47. | |
on your re-election. When you were last re-elected on May 2000 of said | :10:48. | :10:53. | |
that you would like to be immortalised as the backbenchers' | :10:54. | :10:58. | |
champion, and as the membranous House with the least chance of being | :10:59. | :11:02. | |
a front bench I can say that you have that ambition safely in the | :11:03. | :11:06. | |
bag. You are the champion of the smaller parties in this House and we | :11:07. | :11:10. | |
are very grateful for that, as well as a pioneer, when it comes to the | :11:11. | :11:14. | |
urgent issue of Parliamentary reform, and that, as well, is much | :11:15. | :11:19. | |
appreciated. I would like to congratulate the honourable member | :11:20. | :11:22. | |
for Rushcliffe for the coming Father Of The House and echo the words by | :11:23. | :11:30. | |
the member for Camberwell and peck on being mother of the House and her | :11:31. | :11:34. | |
role in getting more women elected. I would like to echo the comments of | :11:35. | :11:39. | |
others about the pleasure we have in seeing, now, a record number of | :11:40. | :11:44. | |
women being represented in This Place at the same time as noting | :11:45. | :11:49. | |
that 32% still remains some way off 50%. Slow progress is better than no | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
progress but we still think there is some way to go. And who knows? | :11:57. | :12:00. | |
Perhaps we will not have to wait a full five years before having the | :12:01. | :12:04. | |
chance to improve on that 32% of this House being women and a | :12:05. | :12:12. | |
shameful rating of being 38 in the world, when it comes to the number | :12:13. | :12:16. | |
of women in This Place, I look forward to improvements in diversity | :12:17. | :12:21. | |
right across this House. We come now to the whip to move. I beg you that | :12:22. | :12:26. | |
this House to now adjourn until tomorrow at 2:40pm. The question is | :12:27. | :12:31. | |
that this House to now adjourn until tomorrow, at 2:40pm. As many as are | :12:32. | :12:38. | |
of that opinion say aye, contrary no the Ayes have it, the Ayes have it. | :12:39. | :12:45. | |
Order, order. That brings proceedings in the House of Commons | :12:46. | :12:51. | |
to a close. The House of Commons with 99 new MPs. 87 are brand-new, | :12:52. | :12:58. | |
and 12 of them are retreads. The most surprising retread is Tony | :12:59. | :13:03. | |
Lloyd, who retired voluntarily from the House of Commons a few years ago | :13:04. | :13:09. | |
now, and he has now taken the seat held by Simon Dunchurch, and Tony | :13:10. | :13:21. | |
Lloyd has reappeared. 87 completely new MPs. Perhaps you should explain | :13:22. | :13:25. | |
that a Parliamentary retread is jargon for someone who has been an | :13:26. | :13:30. | |
MP, lost their seat, and returned to the Commons. Not just old stagers | :13:31. | :13:36. | |
like us. Backbenchers are powerful people in this Parliament. They are | :13:37. | :13:38. | |
going to wield a lot of influence, I think. However we cut up the | :13:39. | :13:43. | |
government majority, it looks like you're going to be in a situation | :13:44. | :13:48. | |
where if you can get ten or more Conservative MPs, at least, to | :13:49. | :13:51. | |
rebel, then the government is going to be in trouble. We saw this in the | :13:52. | :13:54. | |
last | :13:55. | :13:55. |