House of Commons
Thursday 14 June 2001
The House being met at half-past Two o'clock, and Mr. Speaker having taken the Chair;
Message to attend the Lords Commissioners;
The House went; and, having returned--
Election of Speaker
Mr. Speaker: 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.
Members Sworn
Mr. Speaker: I must now call upon the Members of the House, according to the usual custom, to take the Oath of Allegiance at the Table of the House, first doing so myself.
Thereupon Mr. Speaker first, alone, standing upon the upper step of the Chair, took and subscribed the Oath.
Mr. Speaker: Before Members take the Oath or affirm, I remind the House of the ruling of my predecessor regarding the use of facilities by Members who have not taken their seats. The services of the Departments of the House, as specified by my predecessor, will not be available to Members who have not taken the Oath or affirmed before the date of the Queen's Speech, next Wednesday. The only exception will be Members who, before that date, have sent me a letter informing me that, for health or other good reasons, they cannot attend to take their seats immediately after the election but desire to do so at the earliest possible moment.
It may be for the convenience of the House if I indicate my intentions with regard to the taking of the Oath by right. hon. and hon. Members. I propose to call, first, the members of the Cabinet; then the shadow Cabinet; then all Privy Councillors not included in those two groups, wherever they may be sitting; and then other Ministers. Thereafter I shall call other hon. Members according to seniority determined on the basis of the Parliament of first entry or, for those with broken service, that of most recent entry.
The first batch will be those elected in or before the 1983 Parliament. Thereafter I shall proceed to call Members to take the Oath or affirm by successive Parliaments. I hope that, by late this afternoon, we will have made sufficient progress to enable all Members to swear in who wish to do so, up to and including those elected to the 1992 Parliament. The House will sit again tomorrow at 9.30, when I shall call Members first elected to the 1997 Parliament or to the current Parliament as well as Members elected to earlier Parliaments who were not able to take the Oath today.
Finally, the House will meet again next Tuesday at 2.30 to enable Members to take the Oath who were not able to do so this week.
Those arrangements are very similar to those adopted at the start of the previous Parliament in 1997, and they follow the recommendations of the Procedure Committee. I hope that this announcement will be helpful to Members in planning their programmes. Progress will depend, of course, on the number of Members wishing to take the Oath at any particular time. I advise Members to watch the annunciators to establish progress, and to speak to their Whips.
I also hope that Members will come forward in an orderly manner. I remind Members that the taking of the Oath, as a proceeding of the House, is recorded by the television cameras and that anything said by Members may appear on television or be picked up by microphones. Let us now begin.
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Right honourable Anthony Charles Lynton Blair, Sedgefield
Right honourable John Leslie Prescott, Kingston upon Hull East
Right honourable James Gordon Brown, Dunfermline East
Right honourable John Whitaker Straw, Blackburn
Right honourable David Blunkett, Sheffield, Brightside
Right honourable Margaret Mary Beckett, Derby South
Right honourable Clare Short, Birmingham, Ladywood
Right honourable Andrew David Smith, Oxford East
Right honourable Alan Milburn, Darlington
Right honourable Tessa Jane Jowell, Dulwich & West Norwood
Right honourable Helen Liddell, Airdrie & Shotts
Right honourable Geoffrey William Hoon, Ashfield
Right honourable Paul Peter Murphy, Torfaen
Right honourable Estelle Morris, Birmingham, Yardley
Right honourable Patricia Hope Hewitt, Leicester West
Charles Rodway Clarke, Norwich South
Right honourable John Reid, Hamilton North & Bellshill
Right honourable Hilary Jane Armstrong, North West Durham
Right honourable Francis Anthony Aylmer Maude, Horsham
Right honourable Ann Noreen Widdecombe, Maidstone & The Weald
Angela Frances Browning, Tiverton & Honiton
Right honourable Andrew James Mackay, Bracknell
David Lindsay Willetts, Havant
Andrew David Lansley, South Cambridgeshire
Edward Henry Garnier, Harborough
Gary Nicholas Streeter, South West Devon
Archibald John Norman, Tunbridge Wells
Timothy Stephen Kenneth Yeo, South Suffolk
Peter Michael Ainsworth, East Surrey
Right honourable David Philip Heathcoat-Amory, Wells
Right honourable James Norwich Arbuthnot, North East Hampshire
Right honourable John Anderson Cunningham, Copeland
Right honourable Gerald Bernard Kaufman, Manchester, Gorton
Right honourable Ian McCartney, Makerfield
Right honourable Keith John Charles Bradley, Manchester, Withington
Right honourable Alun Edward Michael, Cardiff South & Penarth
Right honourable Paul Yaw Boateng, Brent South
Right honourable Adam Ingram, East Kilbride
Right honourable Charles Peter Kennedy, Ross, Skye & Inverness West
Right honourable David Trimble, Upper Bann
Right honourable Derek Foster, Bishop Auckland
Right honourable Frank Gordon Dobson, Holborn & St Pancras
Right honourable David Maurice Curry, Skipton & Ripon
Right honourable Joyce Gwendolen Quin, Gateshead East & Washington West
Right honourable Winifred Ann Taylor, Dewsbury
Right honourable Thomas Clarke, Coatbridge & Chryston
Right honourable Sir Brian Stanley Mawhinney, North West Cambridgeshire
Right honourable David John Maclean, Penrith & The Border
Right honourable Douglas Martin Hogg, Sleaford & North Hykeham
Right honourable Eric Forth, Bromley & Chislehurst
Right honourable David Michael Davis, Haltemprice & Howden
Right honourable John Michael Jack, Fylde
Right honourable John Alan Redwood, Wokingham
Right honourable Walter Menzies Campbell, North East Fife
Right honourable Sir Alan Gordon Barraclough Haselhurst, Saffron Walden
Right honourable Kenneth Harry Clarke, Rushcliffe
Right honourable Terry Davis, Birmingham, Hodge Hill
Right honourable Michael Howard, Folkestone & Hythe
Right honourable Michael Andrew Ancram, Devizes
Right honourable Gregory Knight, East Yorkshire
Right honourable John Yorke Denham, Southampton, Itchen
Melanie Jane Johnson, Welwyn Hatfield
Beverley June Hughes, Stretford & Urmston
Robert William Ainsworth, Coventry North East
George Foulkes, Carrick, Cumnock & Doon Valley
Graham Eric Stringer, Manchester, Blackley
Lynda Margaret Clark, Edinburgh Pentlands
Right honourable Frank Field, Birkenhead
The Reverend Ian Richard Kyle Paisley, North Antrim
The Reverend William Martin Smyth, Belfast South
Douglas Alexander, Paisley South
Elliot Anthony Morley, Scunthorpe
Brian Wilson, Cunninghame North
David Charles Jamieson, Plymouth, Devonport
Gerald Sutcliffe, Bradford South
Right honourable Bruce Thomas George, Walsall South
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw, Exeter
Desmond Henry Browne, Kilmarnock & Loudoun
Jacqueline Jill Smith, Redditch
Christopher Michael Leslie, Shipley
Sally Curtis Keeble, Northampton North
Rosalie Winterton, Doncaster Central
Hilary James Benn, Leeds Central
James Fitzpatrick, Poplar & Canning Town
Anthony James McNulty, Harrow East
Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy, Glasgow Rutherglen
Nicholas Richard Ainger, Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire
Kevin McNamara, Kingston upon Hull North
David Julian Winnick, Walsall North
David Marshall, Glasgow Shettleston
Sir Patrick Thomas Cormack, South Staffordshire
Peter David Robinson, Belfast East
James Marshall, Leicester South
Brian Charles John Sedgemore, Hackney South & Shoreditch
John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson, Ruislip-Northwood
Mark Fisher, Stoke-on-Trent Central
Peter Kilfoyle, Liverpool, Walton
Anthony Joseph Lloyd, Manchester Central
Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody, Crewe & Nantwich
Catharine Letitia Hoey, Vauxhall
Right honourable Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Hartlepool
Maria Eagle, Liverpool, Garston
Robert Nelson Wareing, Liverpool, West Derby
Winston James Griffiths, Bridgend
Roger James Gale, North Thanet
Sir Sydney Brooks Chapman, Chipping Barnet
Peter James Bottomley, Worthing West
Edward Julian Egerton Leigh, Gainsborough
Michael Nicholson Lord, Central Suffolk & North Ipswich
Jonathan Sayeed, Mid Bedfordshire
David Anthony Atkinson, Bournemouth East
Glenda May Jackson, Hampstead & Highgate
Simon Henry Ward Hughes, North Southwark & Bermondsey
Kevin John Barron, Rother Valley
Paul Philip Flynn, Newport West
Archibald Johnstone Kirkwood, Roxburgh & Berwickshire
David Martin Hinchliffe, Wakefield
Diana Julie Abbott, Hackney North & Stoke Newington
Harold Barnes, North East Derbyshire
Gerald Neil Steinberg, City of Durham
John Scott Cummings, Easington
Katherine Adams, Paisley North
Terence Henry Rooney, Bradford North
George William Stevenson, Stoke-on-Trent South
Fraser Kemp, Houghton & Washington East
Ian Phares Pearson, Dudley South
Phillip James Woolas, Oldham East & Saddleworth
Sylvia Lloyd Heal, Halesowen & Rowley Regis
Andrew Peter Miller, Ellesmere Port & Neston
John Valentine Butterfill, Bournemouth West
James Douglas Cran, Beverley & Holderness
John Quentin Davies, Grantham & Stamford
Alex Elliot Anderson Salmond, Banff & Buchan
William James Clappison, Hertsmere
John Matthew Patrick Hutton, Barrow & Furness
Jean Ann Corston, Bristol East
Jon Owen Jones, Cardiff Central
Dennis Turner, Wolverhampton South East
Peter Landreth Atkinson, Hexham
Oliver Heald, North East Hertfordshire
Nicholas John Hawkins, Surrey Heath
Nigel Martin Evans, Ribble Valley
Elfyn Llwyd, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Alan John Simpson, Nottingham South
George Edward Mudie, Leeds East
Kevin Michael Hughes, Doncaster North
Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames, Mid Sussex
Bridget Prentice, Lewisham East
Michael Thomas Hall, Weaver Vale
Elizabeth Marion Blackman, Erewash
Mark Wainwright Todd, South Derbyshire
Colin Pickthall, West Lancashire
Barry Strachan Gardiner, Brent North
Dari Jean Taylor, Stockton South
Caroline Louise Flint, Don Valley
Anne Caroline Ballingall McIntosh, Vale of York
Michael Thomas Hancock, Portsmouth South
Graham Stuart Brady, Altrincham & Sale West
Alexander John Randall, Uxbridge
Janet Elizabeth Ann Dean, Burton
Desmond Stanley Turner, Brighton, Kemptown
Joan Mary Ruddock, Lewisham, Deptford
Kali Carol Jean Mountford, Colne Valley
James Edward Thornton Paice, South East Cambridgeshire
Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan, Chesham & Amersham
Timothy Eric Boswell, Daventry
Richard Michael Bacon, South Norfolk
Stephen John Ladyman, South Thanet
William Ernest Rammell, Harlow
Christine McCafferty, Calder Valley
James Andrew Plaskitt, Warwick & Leamington
Gareth Richard Thomas, Harrow West
Ross Frederick Cranston, Dudley North
Ian Colin Taylor, Esher & Walton
Rachel Anne Squire, Dunfermline West
David John Stewart, Inverness East, Nairn & Lochaber
Frank Roy, Motherwell & Wishaw
Michael Connarty, Falkirk East
Helen Margaret Jackson, Sheffield, Hillsborough
Kerry Patrick Pollard, St Albans
James Dolan Cunningham, Coventry South
Barbara Maureen Roche, Hornsey & Wood Green
Sir Paul Alexander Beresford, Mole Valley
James Keith Chapman, Wirral South
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale, Maldon & East Chelmsford
Adrian Edward Bailey, West Bromwich West
John Robertson, Glasgow Anniesland
Anthony Richard Clarke, Northampton South
John Henry Hayes, South Holland & The Deepings
Michael Clapham, Barnsley West & Penistone
Kenneth Purchase, Wolverhampton North East
Helen Mary Jones, Warrington North
Ian Arthur Cawsey, Brigg & Goole
Jon Hedley Trickett, Hemsworth
Brian Iddon, Bolton South East
John Douglas Naysmith, Bristol North West
Lawrence William Quinn, Scarborough & Whitby
Nicholas Raymond Winterton, Macclesfield
Rosemary McKenna, Cumbernauld & Kilsyth
Richard John Grenville Spring, West Suffolk
Ann Lloyd Keen, Brentford & Isleworth
Charlotte Atkins, Staffordshire Moorlands
John Cradock Maples, Stratford-on-Avon
Huw William Edmund Edwards, Monmouth
Martyn David Jones, Clwyd South
Sydney Norman John Rapson, Portsmouth North
John Eric Austin, Erith & Thamesmead
Right honourable Harriet Harman, Camberwell & Peckham
Andrew John Reed, Loughborough
Jovanka Joan Humble, Blackpool North & Fleetwood
Phyllis Margaret Starkey, Milton Keynes South West
Michael O'Brien, North Warwickshire
Andrew King, Rugby & Kenilworth
Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, Croydon South
Malcolm Kemp Savidge, Aberdeen North
Margaret Patricia Munn, Sheffield, Heeley
Stephen James McCabe, Birmingham, Hall Green
Christopher John Mullin, Sunderland South
Calum Alistair Macdonald, Western Isles
Donald Michael Ellison Foster, Bath
Evan Leslie Harris, Oxford West & Abingdon
David William St. John Heath, Somerton & Frome
David Leslie Taylor, North West Leicestershire
Linda Gilroy, Plymouth, Sutton
Rudi Jan Vis, Finchley & Golders Green
Yvette Cooper, Pontefract & Castleford
Stephen Creswell Timms, East Ham
Stephen Rothwell O'Brien, Eddisbury
Nicolas John Gibb, Bognor Regis & Littlehampton
Nigel Alexander Dodds, Belfast North
Gregory Lloyd Campbell, East Londonderry
William David Wiggin, Leominster
Andrew Richard Rosindell, Romford
David William Donald Cameron, Witney
George Galloway, Glasgow Kelvin
Kevin Denis Brennan, Cardiff West
Colin Robert Challen, Morley & Rothwell
Marek Jerzy Lazarowicz, Edinburgh North & Leith
Simon Patrick Tipping, Sherwood
Christopher Stephen Grayling, Epsom & Ewell
Laurence Anthony Robertson, Tewkesbury
Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, Lagan Valley
Ann McKechin, Glasgow Maryhill
Anthony Wayland Wright, Cannock Chase
Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt, Reigate
Thomas Anthony Watson, West Bromwich East
George Phillip Willis, Harrogate & Knaresborough
James Mark Dakin Purnell, Stalybridge & Hyde
David Wright Miliband, South Shields
Derek Murray Wyatt, Sittingbourne & Sheppey
Susan Kathleen Doughty, Guildford
David Arthur Stephen Tredinnick, Bosworth
Gillian Joanna Merron, Lincoln
Kevan David Jones, North Durham
Right honourable Richard George Caborn, Sheffield Central
Alan James Carter Duncan, Rutland & Melton
John Andrew Barrett, Edinburgh West
Alexander Morrison Carmichael, Orkney & Shetland
John Archibald, Viscount Thurso, Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross
Mark Phillip Hendrick, Preston
Colin Edward Breed, South East Cornwall
Parmjit Singh Dhanda, Gloucester
Helen Mary Southworth, Warrington South
Paul David Stinchcombe, Wellingborough
Janet Anderson, Rossendale & Darwen
James Patrick Dowd, Lewisham West
Nicholas Barton Harvey, North Devon
ADJOURNMENT
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn until tomorrow at half-past Nine o'clock.--[Mr. Kemp.]
- Adjourned accordingly at one minute past Five o'clock.
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