1 The House met at Eleven o' clock; and the Speaker Elect having taken the Chair;
2 Message to attend the Lords Commissioners,—A Message was received from the Lords Commissioners, by the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod:
3 Accordingly Mr Speaker Elect, with the House, went up to the House of Peers, where he was presented to the said Lords Commissioners for Her Majesty's Royal Approbation.
5 The Speaker reported, That the House had been in the House of Peers, where Her Majesty was pleased by Her Majesty's Commissioners to approve the choice the House had made of him to be its Speaker, and that he had in its name and on its behalf by humble Petition to Her Majesty made claim to all its ancient and undoubted Rights and Privileges, particularly to freedom of speech in debate, freedom from arrest, freedom of access to Her Majesty whenever occasion may require, and that the most favourable construction should be placed upon all its proceedings; which he said Her Majesty, by Her said Commissioners, had been pleased to allow and confirm to it in as ample a manner as they have ever been granted or confirmed by Her Majesty or any of Her Majesty's Royal Predecessors.
6 The Speaker takes the Oath,—Thereupon the Speaker first, alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and subscribed the Oath.
7 Members take the Oath or make Affirmation,—Then the following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Right honourable Alan John Williams
| for Swansea West |
Right honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
| Sedgefield |
Right honourable John Leslie Prescott
| Kingston upon Hull East |
Right honourable James Gordon Brown
| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath |
Right honourable John Whitaker Straw
| Blackburn |
Right honourable David Blunkett
| Sheffield, Brightside |
Right honourable Margaret Mary Beckett
| Derby South |
Right honourable Patricia Hope Hewitt
| Leicester West |
Right honourable Alistair Maclean Darling
| Edinburgh South West |
Right honourable Alan Arthur Johnson
| Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle |
Right honourable Tessa Jane Helen Douglas Jowell
| Dulwich and West Norwood |
Right honourable Charles Rodway Clarke
| Norwich South |
Right honourable Hilary James Benn
| Leeds Central |
Right honourable Peter Gerald Hain
| Neath |
Right honourable John Reid
| Airdrie and Shotts |
Right honourable Ruth Maria Kelly
| Bolton West |
Right honourable David Wright Miliband
| South Shields |
Right honourable Desmond Henry Browne
| Kilmarnock and Loudon |
| Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
Right honourable Ian McCartney
| Makerfield |
Right honourable Geoffrey William Hoon
| Ashfield |
Right honourable Hilary Jane Armstrong
| North West Durham |
Right honourable Michael Howard
| Folkestone and Hythe |
Right honourable David Michael Davis
| Haltemprice and Howden |
Right honourable Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude
| Horsham |
Christopher Stephen Grayling
| Epsom and Ewell |
| North East Hertfordshire |
Right honourable Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind
| Kensington and Chelsea |
David William Donald Cameron
| Witney |
Right honourable Oliver Letwin
| West Dorset |
Right honourable Theresa Mary May
| Maidenhead |
| Meriden |
| South Cambridgeshire |
| Aylesbury |
George Gideon Oliver Osborne
| Tatton |
| Rutland and Melton |
Right honourable David John Maclean
| Penrith and The Border |
Right honourable Sir Gerald Bernard Kaufman
| Manchester, Gorton |
Right honourable Dawn Primarolo
| Bristol South |
Right honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke
| Rushcliffe |
Right honourable Charles Peter Kennedy
| Ross, Skye and Lochaber |
Right honourable Gavin Steel Strang
| Edinburgh East |
Right honourable Alan James Beith
| Berwick-upon-Tweed |
Right honourable Robin Cook
| Livingston |
The Reverend Ian Richard Kyle Paisley
| North Antrim |
Right honourable Thomas Clarke
| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill |
Right honourable David Maurice Curry
| Skipton and Ripon |
Right honourable John McFall
| West Dunbartonshire |
Right honourable Andrew James Mackay
| Bracknell |
Right honourable Frank Gordon Dobson
| Holborn and St Pancras |
Right honourable Eric Forth
| Bromley and Chislehurst |
Right honourable Frank Field
| Birkenhead |
Right honourable John Michael Jack
| Fylde |
Right honourable Jacqueline Jill Smith
| Redditch |
Right honourable Beverley June Hughes
| Stretford and Urmston |
Right honourable Sir Walter Menzies Campbell
| North East Fife |
Right honourable Alun Edward Michael
| Cardiff South and Penarth |
Right honourable Douglas Martin Hogg
| Sleaford and North Hykeham |
Right honourable Paul Peter Murphy
| Torfaen |
Right honourable David Philip Heathcoat-Amory
| Wells |
Right honourable John Dominic Battle
| Leeds West |
Right honourable Sir John Paul Stanley
| Tonbridge and Malling |
Right honourable Robert William Ainsworth
| Coventry North East |
Right honourable Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst
| Saffron Walden |
| Pontypridd |
Sir John Valentine Butterfill
| Bournemouth West |
Right honourable Kevin John Barron
| Rother Valley |
Sir Michael Nicholson Lord
| Central Suffolk and North Ipswich |
| Knowsley North and Sefton East |
Right honourable John Francis Spellar
| Warley |
Right honourable Ann Clwyd
| Cynon Valley |
| Scunthorpe |
Right honourable Richard George Caborn
| Sheffield Central |
| Bradford South |
| Halton |
Right honourable Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy
| Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
| Bury South |
| South Thanet |
Fiona Margaret Mactaggart
| Slough |
| Glasgow East |
| Walsall North |
| North Wiltshire |
| Tyne Bridge |
| Liverpool, Walton |
Richard Charles Scrimgeour Shepherd
| Aldridge-Brownhills |
| St Helens South |
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw
| Exeter |
| Salisbury |
| Belfast East |
| Islington North |
| Wolverhampton North East |
Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo
| South Suffolk |
Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody
| Crewe and Nantwich |
Sir Peter Hannay Bailey Tapsell
| Louth and Horncastle |
| Manchester Central |
| Stone |
| Barnsley Central |
| Coventry South |
| West Derbyshire |
| Nottingham East |
| Lincoln |
| Poplar and Canning Town |
| Motherwell and Wishaw |
| North Southwark and Bermondsey |
| Gordon |
| Croydon North |
| Delyn |
| Hackney North and Stoke Newington |
| Leicester East |
| Bradford North |
| Watford |
| Cardiff West |
| Clwyd South |
| Ealing Southall |
Right honourable John Yorke Denham
| Southampton, Itchen |
| Easington |
Right honourable Harriet Harman
| Camberwell and Peckham |
| Carlisle |
| Lewisham East |
| Regent's Park and Kensington North |
| Basildon |
| Oldham East and Saddleworth |
| Don Valley |
| Enfield North |
Sir Michael William Hardy Spicer
| West Worcestershire |
Sir Nicholas Raymond Winterton
| Macclesfield |
| Congleton |
| North Thanet |
David Anthony Andrew Amess
| Southend West |
| Newport West |
| Barnsley West and Penistone |
| Erith and Thamesmead |
| Kingswood |
| Birmingham, Northfield |
| Dunfermline and West Fife |
| Ellesmere Port and Neston |
| Harborough |
| Brentwood and Ongar |
| Dudley South |
| Ribble Valley |
| Liverpool, West Derby |
| Blyth Valley |
| Brigg and Goole |
| Islwyn |
Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway
| Croydon South |
| Nottingham North |
| Ryedale |
| Halesowen and Rowley Regis |
Right honourable Alan Milburn
| Darlington |
| Daventry |
James Edward Thornton Paice
| South East Cambridgeshire |
Thomas Anthony Cunningham
| Workington |
| Linlithgow and East Falkirk |
Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh
| Vale of York |
| Tynemouth |
| Eccles |
| St Helens North |
| Gloucester |
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms
| Poole |
| Pendle |
| Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire |
| Hyndburn |
| Liverpool, Garston |
| Leeds East |
| Ilford South |
| Truro and St Austell |
| Tiverton and Honiton |
Alex Elliot Anderson Salmond
| Banff and Buchan |
| Meirionnydd Nant Conwy |
| Hampstead and Highgate |
| Nuneaton |
| Mid Worcestershire |
| Worthing West |
| Gedling |
| Worcester |
| Great Yarmouth |
| Stockport |
| Stroud |
| Chorley |
| Heywood and Middleton |
| Bolton North East |
| Morecambe and Lunesdale |
| Derby North |
| Glasgow Central |
| Brent North |
| Sheffield, Heeley |
| Burton |
| Stafford |
| Uxbridge |
Clive James Charles Betts
| Sheffield, Attercliffe |
Donald Michael Ellison Foster
| Bath |
| East Londonderry |
| Wansbeck |
| Weaver Vale |
| East Surrey |
| South West Devon |
| Strangford |
The Reverend Robert Thomas William McCrea
| South Antrim |
| Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland |
| Walthamstow |
| Lewisham, Deptford |
Bernard Christison Jenkin
| North Essex |
| Hertsmere |
| Rotherham |
| Cannock Chase |
| Huddersfield |
| Warrington North |
| Blackpool North and Fleetwood |
| Cleethorpes |
| Orpington |
| South East Cornwall |
| Milton Keynes South West |
| Cardiff North |
Jacqueline Anne Harkness Lait
| Beckenham |
| Ashford |
| Altrincham and Sale West |
| Barnsley East and Mexborough |
| Aberdeen North |
| Tamworth |
Right honourable James Norwich Arbuthnot
| North East Hampshire |
| Birmingham, Selly Oak |
| Aberdeen South |
| Conwy |
Kali Carol Jean Mountford
| Colne Valley |
| Bognor Regis and Littlehampton |
| Bury North |
| Hendon |
| Bolton South East |
| Loughborough |
David William St John Heath
| Somerton and Frome |
Laurence Anthony Robertson
| Tewkesbury |
| Finchley and Golders Green |
| Glasgow North West |
| Harrogate and Knaresborough |
| Morley and Rothwell |
| Lagan Valley |
| Luton South |
| High Peak |
| West Bromwich West |
Nigel Christopher Waterson
| Eastbourne |
| Houghton and Washington East |
| East Renfrewshire |
| Glasgow North |
| Old Bexley and Sidcup |
| Montgomeryshire |
| Ceredigion |
| Wirral South |
| Falkirk |
| St Ives |
| Edinburgh North and Leith |
| Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney |
| Chichester |
| Sutton and Cheam |
| Warrington South |
Christine Margaret Russell
| City of Chester |
| Moray |
| Perth and North Perthshire |
| Belfast North |
| South Derbyshire |
| Stratford-on-Avon |
| Paisley and Renfrewshire North |
| Glasgow South |
| Leominster |
| Portsmouth South |
| Tottenham |
| Wyre Forest |
Right honourable Nicholas Hugh Brown
| Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend |
| Blackpool South |
| Upper Bann |
| North West Leicestershire |
| Cheltenham |
| Telford |
Right honourable Ann Noreen Widdecombe
| Maidstone and The Weald |
| South Holland and The Deepings |
Andrew Robert George Robathan
| Blaby |
Charles Ashley Rupert Walker
| Broxbourne |
| City of York |
| Brighton, Pavilion |
| Mid Norfolk |
| East Devon |
| Hereford |
| Carshalton and Wallington |
Dominic Charles Roberts Grieve
| Beaconsfield |
Ian Richard Liddell-Grainger
| Bridgwater |
| Angus |
| Ynys Môn |
| Calder Valley |
| Pudsey |
| Leeds North East |
| East Worthing and Shoreham |
| Luton North |
| Southport |
| Ipswich |
| Ealing North |
| Wealden |
| Colchester |
| Birmingham, Edgbaston |
| Westbury |
| Woking |
| Wrexham |
| Wallasey |
| North Durham |
| Brighton, Kemptown |
| Caernarfon |
John William Patrick Smith
| Vale of Glamorgan |
| Norwich North |
| Amber Valley |
| Wythenshawe and Sale East |
| Salford |
| Stockton South |
| Romsey |
Howard Geoffrey Alvan Stoate
| Dartford |
| Chatham and Aylesford |
| Keighley |
| Huntingdon |
| Mid Dorset and North Poole |
| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock |
| East Lothian |
| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
| Alyn and Deeside |
| Isle of Wight |
| Brent East |
| Corby |
Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan
| Chesham and Amersham |
| Cotswold |
Sir Alexander Paul Beresford
| Mole Valley |
| Carmarthen East and Dinefwr |
Henry Campbell Bellingham
| North West Norfolk |
| Rayleigh |
| Cities of London and Westminster |
| Glenrothes |
| Teignbridge |
| Ashton under Lyne |
| Stirling |
| Wolverhampton South West |
Christopher Paul Farrelly
| Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Gillingham |
| Preston |
| Caerphilly |
James Gerald Douglas Howarth
| Aldershot |
| Middlesbrough |
| Upminster |
| Thurrock |
| Kingston and Surbiton |
| Hazel Grove |
Andrew Edmund Armstrong Selous
| South West Bedfordshire |
| Ogmore |
| Hartlepool |
| South Norfolk |
| Dover |
| Batley and Spen |
| Northampton North |
| Hertford and Stortford |
Julian William Hendy Brazier
| Canterbury |
| Lewes |
| Inverclyde |
Right honourable Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford
| Greenwich and Woolwich |
| Glasgow South West |
| Battersea |
| Blaydon |
| Swansea East |
| Bournemouth East |
| Windsor |
| Taunton |
| North Cornwall |
Nicholas William Peter Clegg
| Sheffield, Hallam |
| Westmorland and Lonsdale |
| Guildford |
| Brentford and Isleworth |
| Warwick and Leamington |
| St Albans |
| North Ayrshire and Arran |
| Bexleyheath and Crayford |
| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey |
| Ilford North |
| Bristol West |
| Falmouth and Camborne |
| Plymouth, Devonport |
| Dundee East |
| Stevenage |
| Welwyn Hatfield |
| Hemel Hempstead |
| Ruislip-Northwood |
| Burnley |
| Stourbridge |
| Shrewsbury and Atcham |
| Putney |
| Rugby and Kenilworth |
Brian Arthur Roland Binley
| Northampton South |
| Rochford and Southend East |
| Hornchurch |
| Epping Forest |
| Kettering |
| Chipping Barnet |
| Sunderland South |
| Reading East |
| Wellingborough |
| Edmonton |
| South West Hertfordshire |
Nicholas Le Quesne Herbert
| Arundel and South Downs |
| Cambridge |
| Forest of Dean |
| Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale |
Christopher Murray Paul Huhne
| Eastleigh |
| South West Norfolk |
| Bridgend |
| Weston-Super-Mare |
| The Wrekin |
Maria Frances Lewis Miller
| Basingstoke |
| New Forest East |
| North West Cambridgeshire |
| Harrow West |
| Dagenham |
Richard Henry Ronald Benyon
| Newbury |
| Fareham |
John Douglas Wilson Carswell
| Harwich |
| Grantham and Stamford |
| North East Milton Keynes |
| Hammersmith and Fulham |
Right honourable Keith Trevor Hill
| Streatham |
| Tooting |
Right honourable Bruce Thomas George
| Walsall South |
| Oxford West and Abingdon |
| Cardiff Central |
| Romford |
| Lewisham West |
| Rossendale and Darwen |
| Normanton |
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace
| Lancaster and Wyre |
| South West Surrey |
| Solihull |
David Thomas Charles Davies
| Monmouth |
| Clwyd West |
| Rochdale |
| Hastings and Rye |
| West Ham |
| Shipley |
| Wimbledon |
| East Dunbartonshire |
| Leicester South |
Edward Henry Butler Vaizey
| Wantage |
| Denton and Reddish |
| Peterborough |
| Preseli Pembrokeshire |
| South Swindon |
Alan Patrick Vincent Whitehead
| Southampton, Test |
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh
| Gainsborough |
| Manchester, Blackley |
| Buckingham |
| Totnes |
| Braintree |
| Northavon |
Gregory Thomas Mulholland
| Leeds North West |
| Wakefield |
| Foyle |
Right honourable Stephen John Byers
| North Tyneside |
| Belfast South |
| Richmond Park |
| Newcastle upon Tyne Central |
| Plymouth, Sutton |
Sarah Louise McCarthy-Fry
| Portsmouth North |
| Sevenoaks |
| Mitcham and Morden |
| Bishop Auckland |
| Wolverhampton South East |
Right honourable Margaret Eve Hodge
| Barking |
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale
| Maldon and East Chelmsford |
| Hackney South and Shoreditch |
| Harlow |
| Twickenham |
Mr Speaker will take the Chair at half-past Two o'clock on Monday next.
