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– in the House of Commons at on 14 March 2025.

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The Second Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means took the Chair as Deputy Speaker (Standing Order No. 3).

Photo of Shaun Davies Shaun Davies Labour, Telford

I beg to move, That the House sit in private.

Question put forthwith (Standing Order No. 163) and negatived.

Deputy Speaker

The Deputy speaker is in charge of proceedings of the House of Commons in the absence of the Speaker.

The deputy speaker's formal title is Chairman of Ways and Means, one of whose functions is to preside over the House of Commons when it is in a Committee of the Whole House.

The deputy speaker also presides over the Budget.