Speaker’s Statement

Debate between Harriett Baldwin and Mel Stride
Wednesday 23rd October 2019

(5 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mel Stride Portrait Mel Stride (Central Devon) (Con)
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On a point of order, Mr Speaker. May I thank you very much indeed for your personal kind words and say what an honour it is to have been elected by this House to this very important Committee? I would like to extend my thanks to my fellow candidates—we had a very strong field—and to say that I will reciprocate the confidence that the House has shown in me by chairing that Committee with the utmost fairness. Finally, may I say that, at a time of great sound and fury in this Chamber, I hope that our Committee now brings forward some illumination and light.