I have to report that this House has been in the House of Lords where Her Majesty, by Her Royal Commissioners, has been pleased to approve the choice made of myself for the Office of Speaker. I have, in your name and on your behalf, made claim by humble petition to Her Majesty to all your ancient and undoubted rights and privileges, particularly to freedom of speech in debate, freedom from arrest, and freedom of access to Her Majesty whenever occasion shall require, and that the most favourable construction shall be put upon all proceedings. All these Her Majesty, by Her Commissioners, has been pleased to confirm in as ample a manner as they have ever been granted or confirmed by Herself of by any of Her Royal Predecessors My first duty to the House is to report my respectful acknowledgement and grateful thanks for the great honour you have conferred upon me in placing me in the Chair.
I must now call on the Members of the House, according to the usual custom, to take the Oath of Allegiance or to affirm at the Table of the House, first doing so myself The Speaker first, alone, standing on the upper step of the Chair, made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law.
I should remind hon. Members that until they take the Oath or affirm, they must not sit during any debate or vote in any Division of the House, and will not receive any salary The arrangements for swearing in are set out in the Chamber information sheet, and a guidance note is also available from the Table and Vote Offices I propose to call first the Father of the House, the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman), then members of the Cabinet, then members of the shadow Cabinet, then all Privy Counsellors not included in those two groups, wherever they may be sitting, and then other Ministers. Thereafter, I shall call other hon. Members according to the Parliament of their first entry, or, for those with broken service, that of most recent entry. The first batch will be those elected in or prior to the 2001-05 Parliament. Thereafter I shall proceed to call Members by successive Parliaments. Realistically, I do not expect to call new Members until tomorrow I propose to remain in the Chair until 5 pm today, and then to return at 5.30 pm and continue until 7 pm if necessary. The House will sit again tomorrow at 11.30 am, on Thursday at 9.30 am, and on Tuesday at 2.30 pm. Tomorrow I propose to be in the Chair for swearing in until 1.30 pm, on Thursday until 11.30 am, and on Tuesday until 3.30 pm. I hope that by next Tuesday afternoon we will have made sufficient progress to enable all Members to swear in who wish to do so. I hope that Members will come forward in an orderly manner I remind Members that the swearing in, as a proceeding of the House, is recorded by the television cameras, and that anything said or done by Members may appear on television or be picked up by microphones. It will assist the broadcasters if new Members state their name and constituency when they come to the Dispatch Box. Progress will depend, of course, on the number of Members wishing to swear in at any particular time. I advise Members to watch the Annunciators to establish progress, and to speak to their Whips The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law: Right honourable Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman, for Manchester, Gorton Right honourable David William Donald Cameron, Witney Right honourable George Gideon Oliver Osborne, Tatton Right honourable Theresa Mary May, Maidenhead Right honourable George Iain Duncan Smith, Chingford and Woodford Green Right honourable Christopher Stephen Grayling, Epsom and Ewell Right honourable Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Derbyshire Dales Right honourable Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt, South West Surrey Right honourable Nicola Ann Morgan, Loughborough Right honourable Elizabeth Mary Truss, South West Norfolk Right honourable Priti Sushil Patel, Witham Right honourable Gregory William Hands, Chelsea and Fulham Right honourable Michael Andrew Gove, Surrey Heath Right honourable Stephen Crabb, Preseli Pembrokeshire Right honourable David Gordon Mundell, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Right honourable Matthew John David Hancock, West Suffolk Right honourable Robert Henry Halfon, Harlow Right honourable Gregory David Clark, Tunbridge Wells Right honourable Oliver Letwin, West Dorset Right honourable Anna Mary Soubry, Broxtowe Right honourable Jeremy Paul Wright, Kenilworth and Southam Right honourable Mark James Harper, Forest of Dean Right honourable Harriet Harman, Camberwell and Peckham Christopher Michael Leslie, Nottingham East Right honourable Yvette Cooper, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Angela Eagle, Wallasey Right honourable Hilary James Benn, Leeds Central Right honourable Rosie Winterton, Doncaster Central Maria Eagle, Garston and Halewood Elizabeth Louise Kendall, Leicester West Chuka Harrison Umunna, Streatham Tristram Julian William Hunt, Stoke-on-Trent Central Jon Hedley Trickett, Hemsworth Gloria De Piero, Ashfield Owen Smith, Pontypridd Ian Murray, Edinburgh South Michael Vincent Dugher, Barnsley East Lucy Maria Powell, Manchester Central Mary Helen Creagh, Wakefield Right honourable Caroline Louise Flint, Don Valley Rachel Jane Reeves, Leeds West Vernon Rodney Coaker, Gedling Right honourable Margaret Mary Beckett, Derby South Right honourable Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan, Chesham and Amersham Right honourable Sir Nicholas Soames, Mid Sussex Right honourable Peter Bruce Lilley, Hitchin and Harpenden Right honourable Margaret Eve Hodge, Barking Right honourable Nicholas Hugh Brown, Newcastle upon Tyne East Right honourable Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve, Beaconsfield Right honourable Maria Frances Lewis Miller, Basingstoke Right honourable Keith Anthony Vaz, Leicester East Right honourable Sir Edward Henry Garnier, Harborough Right honourable Caroline Spelman, Meriden Right honourable Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw, Exeter Right honourable Ann Clwyd, Cynon Valley Right honourable Anne Frances Milton, Guildford Right honourable David Anthony Evennett, Bexleyheath and Crayford Right honourable Eric Jack Pickles, Brentwood and Ongar Right honourable John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, Maldon Right honourable George Edward Howarth, Knowsley Right honourable Lindsay Harvey Hoyle, Chorley Right honourable Nigel Alexander Dodds, Belfast North Right honourable David Lindon Lammy, Tottenham Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles, Grantham and Stamford Right honourable Desmond Angus Swayne, New Forest West Right honourable Alan Arthur Johnson, Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle Joseph Edmund Johnson, Orpington Roderick James Nugent Stewart, Penrith and the Border Right honourable Hugo George William Swire, East Devon Right honourable David Ian Jones, Clwyd West Right honourable Sir Kevin John Barron, Rother Valley Right honourable Andrew David Smith, Oxford East Right honourable Alan Campbell, Tynemouth Right honourable Alexander Morrison Carmichael, Orkney and Shetland Right honourable Nicholas William Peter Clegg, Sheffield, and Hallam Right honourable Ed Miliband, Doncaster North Brandon Kenneth Lewis, Great Yarmouth Right honourable Frank Field, Birkenhead David Julian Winnick, Walsall North Ronald Campbell, Blyth Valley Kate Hoey, Vauxhall Right honourable Alex Salmond, Gordon Helen Mary Jones, Warrington North Thérèse Anne Coffey, Suffolk Coastal Alasdair McDonnell, Belfast South John Mark Lancaster, Milton Keynes North Right honourable Nick Herbert, Arundel and South Downs Robert Owen Biggs Wilson, Reading East Marcus Charles Jones, Nuneaton Right honourable Stephen Creswell Timms, East Ham James Peter Brokenshire, Old Bexley and Sidcup Right honourable Alistair James Hendry Burt, North East Bedfordshire Charles George Eustice, Camborne and Redruth Justin Paul Tomlinson, North Swindon Anthony Edward Timpson, Crewe and Nantwich Right honourable John Francis Spellar, Warley Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch, Chatham and Aylesford Right honourable David George Hanson, Delyn Caroline Julia Dinenage, Gosport Barry Strachan Gardiner, Brent North Right honourable Andrew Murray Burnham, Leigh Derek Twigg, Halton Right honourable Fiona Margaret Mactaggart, Slough Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt, Reigate Kristan Frederick Hopkins, Keighley Nicolas John Gibb, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Samuel Phillip Gyimah, East Surrey Gary Nicholas Streeter, South West Devon Christopher John Bryant, Rhondda Right honourable Sir Alan James Peter Duncan, Rutland and Melton Richard Michael Bacon, South Norfolk Right honourable Mark Christopher Field, Cities of London and Westminster David Michael Gauke, South West Hertfordshire Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh, Gainsborough James Stephen Wharton, Stockton South Graham Eric Stringer, Blackley and Broughton Right honourable John Healey, Wentworth and Dearne Margaret Ann Wishart Coffey, Stockport Right honourable Damian Howard Green, Ashford Sir Joseph Alan Meale, Mansfield David Anthon Crausby, Bolton North East Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger, Bridgwater and West Somerset Stephen Pelham Pound, Ealing North Kelvin Peter Hopkins, Luton North Kevin Denis Brennan, Cardiff West, Iain David Wright, Hartlepool Right honourable Michael Alan Penning, Hemel Hempstead George William Freeman, Mid Norfolk Right honourable Tom Brake, Carshalton and Wallington Graham William Allen, Nottingham North Right honourable Sir Roger James Gale, North Thanet Right honourable Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, Lagan Valley Right honourable Norman Peter Lamb, North Norfolk Timothy Paul Loughton, East Worthing and Shoreham Gordon Marsden, Blackpool South Dame Angela Eileen Watkinson, Hornchurch and Upminster Claire Louise Perry, Devizes Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, Wantage Sir Oliver Heald, North East Hertfordshire Margot Cathleen James, Stourbridge Benedict Michael Gummer, Ipswich Barry John Sheerman, Huddersfield Michael John Gapes, Ilford South Right honourable Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Saffron Walden Eleanor Fulton Laing, Epping Forest Jacqueline Doyle-Price, Thurrock David Anderson, Blaydon Madeleine Moon, Bridgend Jessica Elizabeth Morden, Newport East Adrian Edward Bailey, West Bromwich West Sarah Louise Newton, Truro and Falmouth Sir William Cash, Stone Albert Owen, Ynys Môn Kevan David Jones, North Durham Stephen Hepburn, Jarrow James Patrick Dowd, Lewisham West and Penge Clive Stanley Efford, Eltham George Michael Edward Hollingbery, Meon Valley Graham Stuart, Beverley and Holderness Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies, Ogmore Right honourable John Henry Hayes, South Holland and The Deepings Richard Haines Burden, Birmingham, Northfield Robert James Buckland, South Swindon Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, Mole Valley Philip Martin Dunne, Ludlow Julian William Hendy Brazier, Canterbury Charles Brett Anthony Elphicke, Dover Julian Richard Smith, Skipton and Ripon Andrew Hanson Jones, Harrogate and Knaresborough Jonathan Simon Djanogly, Huntingdon Damian Patrick George Hinds, East Hampshire Laurence Anthony Robertson, Tewkesbury Michael Fraser Weir, Angus Ian Lavery, Wansbeck Khalid Mahmood, Birmingham, Perry Barr James Dolan Cunningham, Coventry South Clive James Charles Betts, Sheffield South East Geoffrey Robinson, Coventry North West Right honourable John Alan Redwood, Wokingham Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess, Southend West Mark Richard Tami, Alyn and Deeside Mark Steven Spencer, Sherwood Nigel Adams, Selby and Ainsty Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown, The Cotswolds Andrew James Bridgen, North West Leicestershire Mark Phillip Hendrick, Preston Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous, South West Bedfordshire Ian Colin Lucas, Wrexham Wayne David, Caerphilly Right honourable Julian Murray Lewis, New Forest East Valerie Carol Marian Vaz, Walsall South John David Pugh, Southport Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, North Antrim Louise Joyce Ellman, Liverpool, Riverside John Robert Cryer, Leyton and Wanstead Fabian Hamilton, Leeds North East Angus Struan Carolus Robertson, Moray Stephen James McCabe, Birmingham, Selly Oak Karen Patricia Buck, Westminster North Emily Thornberry, Islington South and Finsbury Nia Rhiannon Griffith, Llanelli Sylvia Eileen Lady Hermon, North Down Karen Anne Bradley, Staffordshire Moorlands Stuart James Andrew, Pudsey Craig Whittaker, Calder Valley Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti, Gillingham and Rainham Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead, Southampton, Test Mark Michael Prisk, Hertford and Stortford Dennis Edward Skinner, Bolsover Samuel Wilson, East Antrim Thomas David Simpson, Upper Bann Stephen James Metcalfe, South Basildon and East Thurrock Graham Evans, Weaver Vale Nigel John Mills, Amber Valley Peter Wishart, Perth and North Perthshire John Michael Howell, Henley Philip Wilson, Sedgefield Stewart Hosie, Dundee East John Mann, Bassetlaw Anne Marie Morris, Newton Abbot Right honourable Liam Fox, North Somerset Christopher Heaton-Harris, Daventry Robert Edward Jenrick, Newark Charlotte Leslie, Bristol North West Andrew John Turner, Isle of Wight Gisela Gschaider Stuart, Birmingham, Edgbaston Heather Kay Wheeler, South Derbyshire Mark Robert Timothy Garnier, Wyre Forest Gavin Laurence Barwell, Croydon Central Stewart James Jackson, Peterborough Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, Newbury Right honourable Sajid Javid, Bromsgrove Right honourable Andrew Guy Tyrie, Chichester Right honourable Philip Hammond, Runnymede and Weybridge Lisa Eva Nandy, Wigan Patricia Mary Glass, North West Durham James Ian Mearns, Gateshead Grahame Mark Morris, Easington Geraint Richard Davies, Swansea West Meg Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch Gordon Henderson, Sittingbourne and Sheppey Guto ap Owain Bebb, Aberconwy Andrew Theakstone Percy, Brigg and Goole Thomas Anthony Watson, West Bromwich East Jonathan Cruddas, Dagenham and Rainham Eilidh Whiteford, Banff and Buchan Christopher Mark Francis White, Warwick and Leamington James Jacob Gilchrist Berry, Rossendale and Darwen Alec Shelbrooke, Elmet and Rothwell Jacob William Rees-Mogg, North East Somerset Simon James Hoare, North Dorset Pauline Elizabeth Latham, Mid Derbyshire Sir James Gerald Douglas Howarth, Aldershot Philip Thomas Hollobone, Kettering Richard Irwin Harrington, Watford Robert James MacGillivray Neill, Bromley and Chislehurst Kevin Paul Hollinrake, Thirsk and Malton Sharon Hodgson, Washington and Sunderland West Stephen Twigg, Liverpool, West Derby Nicholas Richard Hurd, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner Richard Graham, Gloucester Andrea Leadsom, South Northamptonshire Richard James Shannon, Strangford Alexander Cunningham, Stockton North Robert Charles Douglas Flello, Stoke-on-Trent South Graham Peter Jones, Hyndburn Thomas Francis Blenkinsop, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland Angela Christine Smith, Penistone and Stockbridge James Fitzpatrick, Poplar and Limehouse Iain Aitken Stewart, Milton Keynes South Chi Onwurah, Newcastle upon Tyne Central Emma Louise Lewell-Buck, South Shields James George Morris, Halesowen and Rowley Regis Gareth Thomas, Harrow West Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena, North East Hampshire Alan Mak, Havant Thomas Georg John Tugendhat, Tonbridge and Malling Chris Ian Brian Mynott Philp, Croydon South Amanda Jane Solloway, Derby North Alun Craig Williams, Cardiff North Judith Mary Cummins, Bradford South David Jonathan Edwards, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr Liz Saville Roberts, Dwyfor Meirionnydd Hywel Williams, Arfon Kevin John Foster, Torbay Conor Patrick McGinn, St Helens North Alun Hugh Cairns, Vale of Glamorgan Robert Andrew Raymond Syms, Poole Andrew John Gwynne, Denton and Reddish Helen Catherine Goodman, Bishop Auckland Mary Theresa Glindon, North Tyneside Victoria Lorne Peta Lady Borwick, Kensington John Charles Baron, Basildon and Billericay Stephen John Doughty, Cardiff South and Penarth Christopher Evans, Islwyn Right honourable Mark Gino Francois, Rayleigh and Wickford Catherine Malloy Hollern, Blackburn Julie Elliott, Sunderland Central William Roffen Esterson, Sefton Central Peter Dowd, Bootle Thomas Christopher John Pursglove, Corby Peter William Bone, Wellingborough Andrew Joseph McDonald, Middlesbrough Stephen Mark Ward Reed, Croydon North Sheryll Murray, South East Cornwall Oliver Newton Colvile, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper, West Lancashire Nicola Claire Blackwood, Oxford West and Abingdon Margaret Ritchie, South Down Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng, Spelthorne John Douglas Wilson Carswell, Clacton Catherine McKinnell, Newcastle upon Tyne North Barbara Mary Keeley, Worsley and Eccles South Elizabeth Anne McInnes, Heywood and Middleton Stephen James Phillips, Sleaford and North Hykeham Neil Carmichael, Stroud Caroline Fiona Ellen Nokes, Romsey and Southampton North Natascha Engel, North East Derbyshire Melvyn John Stride, Central Devon David John Nuttall, Bury North