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 or 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, 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 who have been Members since before the 2010 general election. Thereafter I shall proceed to call Members by successive Parliaments. 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 7.30 pm or later, as necessary. The House will sit again tomorrow at 9.30 am. I propose to be in the Chair for swearing in tomorrow from 9.30 am until 11.30 am, to return at 12 noon until 1.30 pm, and then again, if required, from 2.30 pm until 4.30 pm. I hope that by the end of tomorrow afternoon we will have made sufficient progress to enable all Members to swear in who wish to do so. However, if required, we will sit for swearing in at 2 pm on the day of the Queen’s Speech. [Interruption.] I am not in a position to divulge any further information on that matter. 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 In a moment, we will begin this process, as I indicated a few moments ago, with the Father of the House, but before we do so I want to make a very short statement All of us will be aware of, and horrified by, the tragic fire that engulfed the vast majority of an enormous block of flats in London in the early hours of this morning. Colleagues, it is not possible to treat of that matter in the way that we otherwise, I am sure, would wish to do in the Chamber today. The Government are very sensitive to the concern that exists on this subject and my very clear understanding is that arrangements are in hand for a meeting with the relevant Minister to take place within the precincts of the Palace of Westminster. That meeting can be attended by colleagues gravely concerned about this matter, and no doubt questions can be put to the Minister and answers, such as he or she is able to give, can be provided. It will not be a proceeding of Parliament, and that would not be possible under our Standing Orders. Nor is it possible, after I have spoken, for anybody else to say anything. I just want, I am sure on behalf of each and every one of you in this Chamber, to offer our condolences to the families and friends of the victims of this unimaginable and horrific disaster. I want also, I am sure with your concurrence, to offer the warmest and most effusive thanks to our magnificent emergency services for coping as best they can in this horrendous situation. I hope colleagues will understand that we have to leave it there for now. Thank you Let us now begin, and we do so, appropriately, with the Father of the House, the right hon. and learned Member for Rushcliffe The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law: Right honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke, for Rushcliffe Right honourable Theresa Mary May, Maidenhead Right honourable Damian Howard Green, Ashford Right honourable Philip Hammond, Runnymede and Weybridge Right honourable Amber Rudd, Hastings and Rye Right honourable Justine Greening, Putney Right honourable Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt, South West Surrey Right honourable David Roy Lidington, Aylesbury Right honourable Andrea Jacqueline Leadsom, South Northamptonshire Right honourable Gavin Alexander Williamson, South Staffordshire Right honourable Sajid Javid, Bromsgrove Right honourable Priti Sushil Patel, Witham Right honourable Christopher Stephen Grayling, Epsom and Ewell Right honourable Gregory David Clark, Tunbridge Wells Right honourable Sir Patrick Allen McLoughlin, Derbyshire Dales Right honourable Elizabeth Mary Truss, South West Norfolk Right honourable Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip Right honourable James Peter Brokenshire, Old Bexley and Sidcup Right honourable Brandon Kenneth Lewis, Great Yarmouth Right honourable Michael Andrew Gove, Surrey Heath Right honourable David Michael Davis, Haltemprice and Howden Right honourable David Gordon Mundell, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale Right honourable Alun Hugh Cairns, Vale of Glamorgan Right honourable David Michael Gauke, South West Hertfordshire Right honourable Karen Anne Bradley, Staffordshire Moorlands Right honourable Jeremy Paul Wright, Kenilworth and Southam Right honourable Jeremy Bernard Corbyn, Islington North Right honourable Nicholas Hugh Brown, Newcastle upon Tyne East Right honourable Emily Thornberry, Islington South and Finsbury Right honourable John Martin McDonnell, Hayes and Harlington Right honourable Diane Julie Abbott, Hackney North and Stoke Newington Valerie Carol Marian Vaz, Walsall South Right honourable John Healey, Wentworth and Dearne Andrew John Gwynne, Denton and Reddish Ian Lavery, Wansbeck Barry Strachan Gardiner, Brent North Richard Burgon, Leeds East Angela Rayner, Ashton-under-Lyne Jon Hedley Trickett, Hemsworth Andrew Joseph McDonald, Middlesbrough Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth, Leicester South Catherine Jane Smith, Lancaster and Fleetwood Kate Ofunne Osamor, Edmonton Rebecca Long Bailey, Salford and Eccles Barbara Mary Keeley, Worsley and Eccles South Susan Mary Hayman, Workington Deborah Angela Elspeth Marie Abrahams, Oldham East and Saddleworth Christina Elizabeth Rees, Neath Nia Rhiannon Griffith, Llanelli Keir Starmer, Holborn and St Pancras Peter Christopher Dowd, Bootle Right honourable Margaret Mary Beckett, Derby South Right honourable Frank Field, Birkenhead Right honourable Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan, Chesham and Amersham Right honourable Sir Alan James Carter Duncan, Rutland and Melton Right honourable David Anthony Evennett, Bexleyheath and Crayford Right honourable John Alan Redwood, Wokingham Paul Phillip Flynn, Newport West Right honourable Matthew John David Hancock, West Suffolk Right honourable Sir Desmond Angus Swayne, New Forest West Right honourable Dame Caroline Alice Spelman, Meriden Right honourable Anne Frances Milton, Guildford Right honourable Sir Oliver Heald, North East Hertfordshire Right honourable Dame Margaret Eve Hodge, Barking Right honourable Sir Kevin John Barron, Rother Valley Right honourable Robert Henry Halfon, Harlow Right honourable John Francis Spellar, Warley Right honourable Nigel Alexander Dodds, Belfast North Right honourable Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, Newbury Right honourable Nick Herbert, Arundel and South Downs Right honourable Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, Lagan Valley Catharine Letitia Hoey, Vauxhall Thérèse Anne Coffey, Suffolk Coastal Ronnie Campbell, Blyth Valley Right honourable Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve, Beaconsfield Right honourable Sir Edward Jonathon Davey, Kingston and Surbiton Right honourable Alexander Morrison Carmichael, Orkney and Shetland Sir John Vincent Cable, Twickenham Right honourable George Edward Howarth, Knowsley Right honourable Thomas Anthony Brake, Carshalton and Wallington Right honourable Dame Rosalie Winterton, Doncaster Central Right honourable Keith Anthony Vaz, Leicester East Right honourable David George Hanson, Delyn Right honourable Caroline Louise Flint, Don Valley Right honourable John Henry Hayes, South Holland and The Deepings Philip Martin Dunne, Ludlow Right honourable Maria Frances Lewis Miller, Basingstoke Right honourable Stephen Crabb, Preseli Pembrokeshire Right honourable Theresa Anne Villiers, Chipping Barnet Right honourable Sir Hugo George William Swire, East Devon Right honourable David Ian Jones, Clwyd West Right honourable Lindsay Harvey Hoyle, Chorley Right honourable Alan Campbell, Tynemouth Right honourable Sir Oliver Letwin, West Dorset Right honourable Alistair James Hendrie Burt, North East Bedfordshire Right honourable Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw, Exeter Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch, Chatham and Aylesford Right honourable Sir Gregory Knight, East Yorkshire Right honourable Robert Ben Lobban Wallace, Wyre and Preston North Right honourable Mark Harper, Forest of Dean Right honourable Julian Murray Lewis, New Forest East Sir William Nigel Paul Cash, Stone Right honourable Nicola Ann Morgan, Loughborough Right honourable Nicolas John Gibb, Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Sir Peter James Bottomley, Worthing West Richard Michael Bacon, South Norfolk Alexander Jesse Norman, Hereford and South Herefordshire Michael Tyrone Ellis, Northampton North Margot Cathleen James, Stourbridge Stephen Charles Brine, Winchester Sir Roger James Gale, North Thanet John Michael Howell, Henley Angela Eagle, Wallasey Helen Mary Jones, Warrington North Fiona Claire Bruce, Congleton Gloria De Piero, Ashfield Right honourable Harriet Ruth Harman, Camberwell and Peckham Heidi Alexander, Lewisham East Catherine McKinnell, Newcastle upon Tyne North Robert James Buckland, South Swindon Paul Christopher Maynard, Blackpool North and Cleveleys Eleanor Fulton Laing, Epping Forest Karl Turner, Kingston upon Hull East Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, North Antrim Sir David Anthony Andrew Amess, Southend West Thomas David Simpson, Upper Bann Gavin James Robinson, Belfast East Samuel Wilson, East Antrim Michael John Gapes, Ilford South Kevan David Jones, North Durham John Robert Cryer, Leyton and Wanstead Virendra Kumar Sharma, Ealing, Southall Adrian Edward Bailey, West Bromwich West Stephen Hepburn, Jarrow Kelvin Peter Hopkins, Luton North Nadine Vanessa Dorries, Mid Bedfordshire Fabian Hamilton, Leeds North East Right honourable Stephen Creswell Timms, East Ham Lisa Eva Nandy, Wigan Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead, Southampton, Test Clive Stanley Efford, Eltham Ivan Lewis, Bury South Sir David Anthony Crausby, Bolton North East Michael Joseph Patrick Kane, Wythenshawe and Sale East Anthony Joseph Lloyd, Rochdale James Dolan Cunningham, Coventry South Seema Malhotra, Feltham and Heston Christopher John Bryant, Rhondda Ian Richard Peregrine Liddell-Grainger, Bridgwater and West Somerset Timothy James Farron, Westmorland and Lonsdale Lilian Rachel Greenwood, Nottingham South William Roffen Esterson, Sefton Central Right honourable Norman Peter Lamb, North Norfolk Right honourable Owen William Paterson, North Shropshire Robin Caspar Walker, Worcester Geraint Davies, Swansea West Chloe Rebecca Smith, Norwich North William David Wiggin, North Herefordshire Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds, Torfaen Ian Colin Lucas, Wrexham Graham Eric Stringer, Blackley and Broughton Gordon Marsden, Blackpool South Caroline Fiona Ellen Nokes, Romsey and Southampton North Right honourable George Iain Duncan Smith, Chingford and Woodford Green Right honourable Esther Louise McVey, Tatton Mark Robert Timothy Garnier, Wyre Forest John Derek Twigg, Halton John Mark Lancaster, Milton Keynes North Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt, Reigate Charles George Eustice, Camborne and Redruth Sarah Louise Newton, Truro and Falmouth Lucy Maria Powell, Manchester Central James McMahon, Oldham West and Royton Right honourable David Lindon Lammy, Tottenham Madeleine Moon, Bridgend Jessica Elizabeth Morden, Newport East Margaret Olivia Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch James Whiteside Gray, North Wiltshire James Ian Mearns, Gateshead Dominic Rennie Raab, Esher and Walton Sir Alexander Paul Beresford, Mole Valley Mark Phillip Hendrick, Preston Laurence Anthony Robertson, Tewkesbury Maria Eagle, Garston and Halewood Anne Margaret Main, St Albans Julie Elliott, Sunderland Central Bridget Maeve Phillipson, Houghton and Sunderland South Charles Ashley Rupert Walker, Broxbourne Graham Stuart Brady, Altrincham and Sale West Conor Burns, Bournemouth West Kevin John Foster, Torbay Stewart Hosie, Dundee East Angus Brendan MacNeil, Na h-Eileanan an Iar Andrew James Griffiths, Burton Right honourable Yvette Cooper, Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford Christopher Philip James Elmore, Ogmore Marie Elizabeth Rimmer, St Helens South and Whiston Yvonne Helen Fovargue, Makerfield Naseem Akhtar Shah, Bradford West Atta-Ur-Rehman Chishti, Gillingham and Rainham Andrew William Murrison, South West Wiltshire Right honourable John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, Maldon Simon James Hoare, North Dorset Richard Haines Burden, Birmingham, Northfield Louise Joyce Ellman, Liverpool, Riverside Wayne David, Caerphilly Matthew Robert Warman, Boston and Skegness Caroline Elizabeth Johnson, Sleaford and North Hykeham Vernon Coaker, Gedling Philip Wilson, Sedgefield Matthew Toby Perkins, Chesterfield Alison McGovern, Wirral South Emma Louise Lewell-Buck, South Shields Catherine Malloy Hollern, Blackburn Khalid Mahmood, Birmingham, Perry Barr Angela Christine Smith, Penistone and Stocksbridge Right honourable Patrick Bosco McFadden, Wolverhampton South East Christopher Paul Farrelly, Newcastle-under-Lyme Grahame Mark Morris, Easington Joanna Meriel Stevens, Cardiff Central James Morris, Halesowen and Rowley Regis Michael Mark Prisk, Hertford and Stortford Thangam Elizabeth Rachel Debbonaire, Bristol West Julie Elizabeth Cooper, Burnley Gordon Leonard Henderson, Sittingbourne and Sheppey Neil Parish, Tiverton and Honiton Rebecca Faye Pow, Taunton Deane Scott Leslie Mann, North Cornwall Mian Faisal Rashid, Warrington South Stephen Twigg, Liverpool, West Derby Right honourable Edward Samuel Miliband, Doncaster North Caroline Julia Dinenage, Gosport Lyn Carol Brown, West Ham Robert Edward Jenrick, Newark Michael James Tomlinson, Mid Dorset and North Poole Clive James Charles Betts, Sheffield South East Peter Wishart, Perth and North Perthshire Christopher Michael Leslie, Nottingham East Nigel John Mills, Amber Valley Sylvia Eileen Hermon, North Down Sheryll Murray, South East Cornwall Damian Patrick George Hinds, East Hampshire Jonathan Simon Djanogly, Huntingdon Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh, Gainsborough John Mann, Bassetlaw David Thomas Morris, Morecambe and Lunesdale James Jacob Gilchrist Berry, Rossendale and Darwen Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous, South West Bedfordshire William Peter Wragg, Hazel Grove Stuart James Andrew, Pudsey Robert Alexander Stewart, Beckenham Chi Susan Onwurah, Newcastle upon Tyne Central Nicholas Desmond John Smith, Blaenau Gwent Rosena Chantelle Allin-Khan, Tooting Right honourable Mark Gino Francois, Rayleigh and Wickford Sharon Hodgson, Washington and Sunderland West Peter Heaton-Jones, North Devon Jonathan Cruddas, Dagenham and Rainham John Charles Baron, Basildon and Billericay Imran Hussain, Bradford East
Order. The sitting is suspended until 6 pm. The bells will be rung five minutes before the sitting resumes. Any Member elected up to and including the 2015 Parliament—but by definition not including the 2017 Parliament—may join the queue.