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Tributes to the Speaker (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: Thank you. [Hon. Members: “Answer!”] The Leader of the House has made his contribution, but he may respond.

Tributes to the Speaker (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I gently point out that a hobbit is a friendly creature.

Housing Succession Policy (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I thank the hon. Lady for her speech, including the very kind remarks that she made at the start. I referenced a constituent and a former constituent earlier, whom I am absolutely thrilled to see in the Gallery. As we approach the end of the day and just before I call the Minister, whom I regard as a personal friend, I want to reference three other people in Gallery, because I regard their...

Royal Assent (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that Her Majesty has signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts: Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019 Northern Ireland Budget Act 2019.

Delegated Legislation (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: We come now to a series of motions that I think we should take separately, for reasons that will become obvious. Before I invite a Whip to move motion 6, which is the first in the sequence, I must announce my decision on certification for the purposes of Standing Order No. 83P—“Certification of instruments”. On the basis of material put before me, I certify that, in my opinion, the...

Delegated Legislation: Exiting the European Union (Agriculture) (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: It is up to the business managers. Is there scope for that to happen? The answer is yes, and it is perfectly feasible to imagine that the hon. Gentleman will achieve successful closure. It is not in my hands, but he has made his point with force and alacrity. It is on the record, and it will have been heard by the most senior representative of the usual channels, who is bestriding the...

Delegated Legislation: Exiting the European Union (Agriculture) (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I do not think that that requires any response from me, other than to say that the hon. Gentleman has made his point with great clarity. It will have been heard, and he will have to await events.

Civil Partnership (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: Does the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (Tim Loughton) wish to speak in the debate?

Civil Partnership (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: Just before I put the Question, I want to say, by way of response to the Minister, a big thank you. That was a very generous and gracious tribute from her. If I may return the compliment—and I think it is relevant to the whole question of the language of discourse—let me say that the hon. Lady has perfected the art of disagreeing agreeably. She is a brilliant advocate of her case, and a...

Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: Well that was extraordinary and magnificent. I thank the hon. Lady for her excessively generous personal remarks as regards me, but what is much more important is what she said about Rose and I want to underline and reinforce that. Colleagues, I am extremely grateful to each and every one of you, as we approach the end of this Parliament, for sparing the time and making the commitment to...

Northern Ireland (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: We now come to motion No. 4 on Northern Ireland. It says in the dossier “Minister to move”, but we have an upgrade, as the Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office, observes from a sedentary position. I call not merely any Minister, but the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, no less.

Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I am very grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman. That is very kind of him, and I take it in that spirit. As he knows, I wish him extremely well. Quite apart from his contributions in the House, the right hon. and learned Gentleman is the most exemplary county colleague that anyone could want. He has been a brilliant colleague for me in Buckinghamshire over the last 22 years, and I...

Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: The beauty of the hon. Gentleman’s tribute to Reverend Rose will, I think, remain with colleagues for a long time to come. As to the matter of physical stature, he, I and the right hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Sir Alan Duncan) share in common that characteristic of notable shortness, but I have always argued that we should at least be regarded as environmentally friendly on the...

Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: Order. I know that the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) would want to hear this. The right hon. Gentleman is referring to him and I am sure that he will want to hear it.

Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: That speech was typical of the hon. Gentleman. Thank you.

Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I thank the hon. Gentleman for what he has said. I hope that observers of our proceedings understand the enormous affection and esteem in which we all hold Rose. I just want to mention that a constituent of mine, and a former constituent, are in the Public Gallery: Julie Kincade, my constituent, and former councillor Sue Polhill, who was one of my constituents until relatively recently. In...

Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: Bless you; I am deeply obliged to the hon. Gentleman for what he has said.

Tributes to the Speaker’s Chaplain (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I must thank the shadow Leader of the House, and I think I speak for the House in doing so, for the sheer warmth and magnificence of that tribute. I think that there is an electricity in the Chamber as a result of what the right hon. Lady has said and the unadulterated passion with which she has delivered it, and I want to thank her.

Standards (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who has expressed himself with his customary courtesy. I think that the answer to that question—I am looking plaintively in the direction of the Chair of the Standards Committee, the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston (Kate Green)—is that that is a matter for the Committee. It would be quite wrong for me to seek to influence it any way,...

Standards (31 Oct 2019)

John Bercow: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order.


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