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Iran (12 Jan 2023)

Jim Shannon: ...the will of the Iranian people. They see the end in sight, and we have a duty in this Parliament to support their will in any way we can. Let me finally take a moment to recall our colleague Sir David Amess. For many years, Sir David used words in our debates to support the Iranian people’s right to bring about change and live in a free and democratic society. 2023 could be the year in...

Christmas Adjournment (20 Dec 2022)

Penny Mordaunt: I thank all hon. Members who have spoken in today’s debate. When we think of Adjournment debates, as many hon. Members have said, we think of our dear late colleague Sir David Amess. As the debate developed today and we spoke about AI, I wondered what would happen if we asked the relevant apps to write an pre-recess Adjournment debate speech in the style of Sir David. Many hon. Members...

Business of the House ( 1 Dec 2022)

Anna Firth: .... Will the Leader of the House use her super skills to get this dynamic duo to Christmas No. 1, raising essential funds for musicians with disabilities and honouring my amazing predecessor Sir David Amess?

Roadworks (Regulation) (30 Nov 2022)

Mark Francois: ...prolonged and over-running roadworks is one that applies across the entire country, from motorways to country lanes, including in the newly bestowed city of Southend. My great friend, the late Sir David Amess, shared many of my frustrations regarding the regulation of roadworks, so while the Bill has 11 sponsors, as is usual, I confess that I like to think that, in cricketing terms, he is...

Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill (25 Nov 2022)

Henry Smith: ...), for Darlington (Peter Gibson), for North Devon (Selaine Saxby), and for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Aaron Bell), and my hon. Friend the Member for Southend West (Anna Firth), who paid tribute to Sir David Amess, our late colleague. Question put and agreed to. Bill accordingly read a Second time; to stand committed to a Public Bill Committee ( Standing Order No. 63).

National Security - Statement ( 2 Nov 2022)

Lord Coaker: ...with the current committee chair? The Statement focuses on protecting our democratic institutions. We cannot talk about those issues without honouring our friends and colleagues, Jo Cox and Sir David Amess, who served their country and are dearly missed. Will Ministers work closely with Members from both Houses when considering the threats that our democracy faces on the front line, here...

National Security ( 1 Nov 2022)

Yvette Cooper: .... We will support the taskforce and its work to defend democracy against a wide range of threats. I welcome the work on physical threats. We remember with great sadness our lost friends Jo Cox and David Amess. Can the Minister clarify that the taskforce will work on how to protect all our democratic institutions against foreign interference? Will it look at cyber-security and, in...

Work and Pensions: Jobseekers and People on Low Incomes: Skills (31 Oct 2022)

Guy Opperman: All roads lead to Southend as far as I am concerned. My hon. Friend is proving to be a fantastic champion and successor of our good friend Sir David Amess. I would be delighted to visit. I welcome the great work of the companies she mentioned and believe very strongly that we need to improve skills through the package that we are taking forward.

Backbench Business: FIFA World Cup 2022 (20 Oct 2022)

Jesse Norman: ...we have cause to put into practice his suggestion for Enfield, Southgate. I start by doing something that I am sure we will all agree with, but we have not done yet, which is to pay tribute to Sir David Amess as we pass the first anniversary of his absolutely tragic death—[Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] He was a corridor friend of mine for a long period as neighbours, and a friend...

Business of the House (20 Oct 2022)

Anna Firth: This weekend, Southend came together to commemorate my predecessor, Sir David Amess. With that in mind, will my right hon. Friend agree to a debate on the transformative effect of music for those with learning difficulties and disabilities? In Southend we have not only the Love2Sign choir, but the international Music Man Project, which is recording its first ever single today with the Royal...

Persecution of the Rohingya: International Response (13 Oct 2022)

Rushanara Ali: May I extend my deepest condolences to Sir David Amess’s family? He was a friend to us across the House. In August, we marked the fifth anniversary of the Burmese military’s genocide against the Rohingya people. For the Rohingya, it has been five long years of pain, trauma, grief and displacement in camps far from their homes, with their families destroyed. They have been robbed of their...

Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (13 Oct 2022)

Valerie Vaz: It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton (Kevin Hollinrake), and I will pay tribute to him later. It is hard to be here on a Thursday without thinking of the late David Amess and remembering how he always used to come into business questions with a smile on his face. It has been a year, but it does not feel like a year; it has gone so quickly. We remember both David...

Business of the House (13 Oct 2022)

Penny Mordaunt: May I start by associating myself with the many remembrances and tributes that have been paid to our dearly missed late colleague, Sir David Amess? Mr Speaker, I hope you will allow me to say that of the many organisations Sir David supported, perhaps the best known is the Music Man Project. Next week will see the first ever live performance of its new Christmas single, the first record it...

Speaker’s Statement (13 Oct 2022)

Lindsay Hoyle: This Saturday marks the first anniversary of the death of our friend and colleague Sir David Amess, who was murdered in his Southend West constituency. David was an extremely diligent constituency Member of Parliament who died carrying out his democratic duties, which made his death all the more shocking. May I express, on behalf of the whole House, our sympathy with his family, friends and...

Transport: Bus Services (13 Oct 2022)

Anna Firth: I thank the whole House for the very kind comments about Southend’s greatest ever champion: Sir David Amess, my predecessor. They will be much appreciated by everyone in Southend West as we remember Sir David on Saturday. Southend, and indeed the whole of Essex, did not benefit at all from the Government’s bus service improvement plan earlier this year, so what steps are the Government...

Transport: Topical Questions (13 Oct 2022)

Mike Kane: It was an honour to attend the anniversary mass for Sir David Amess at the Tomb of St Peter with the all-party parliamentary group on the Holy See on Friday. It was a truly moving moment. It has been five months since the Government promised to take legal action against P&O Ferries. Given that the chief executive himself admitted to this House that he had disregarded employment law and would...

Scotland: Devolution Settlement (12 Oct 2022)

Alister Jack: Of course I agree with my hon. Friend. Language is terribly important in politics. We saw the desperate death of David Amess and others before him, and people cannot incite people using words such as “detest”, which, as can be seen in the dictionary, is another word for hate. The irony is that the Scottish Government are bringing forward a hate Bill yet we have language such as...

Prime Minister: Engagements (12 Oct 2022)

Elizabeth Truss: This Saturday marks the first anniversary of the senseless murder of our friend Sir David Amess. David was a superb parliamentarian, who brought colleagues across the House together on a huge range of issues. He represented the best of Parliament as a devoted champion of his constituency. Our thoughts are with his wife Julia and his five children, as well as with the people of Southend,...

Liver Disease and Liver Cancer: Diagnosis (11 Oct 2022)

Dr Caroline Johnson: ...Gibson) for his kind words and for sharing his family story and speaking about some of the personal, family impact of these terrible conditions. It is a year ago this month that our colleague, Sir David Amess, was tragically taken from us. He had a huge interest in liver disease. He was the co-chair of the APPG for hepatology and did so much to raise awareness of this disease in...

Tributes to Her Late Majesty The Queen ( 9 Sep 2022)

Mark Francois: ...put a foot wrong. She was perhaps the most famous person in the world, and possibly the most popular, too. If the House will indulge me, it is almost a year since we lost our great friend Sir David Amess, whom I mention because it is fair to say that he was rather keen on the monarchy, and on Her late Majesty the Queen in particular. I well remember him bursting with pride when she...


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