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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Tributes to the Speaker

"I am almost beyond words. I am extraordinarily grateful to the right hon. Gentleman...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Tributes to the Speaker

"It may well depend upon the interpretive approach taken by the Chair. It will not be me, but we shall see what happens. I note what the Leader of the House has said...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Tributes to the Speaker

"The hon. Lady does not have to thank me at all. It has been a great privilege, as in respect of every other colleague, but I hugely appreciate what she said, which was said with evident and palpable sincerity...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Tributes to the Speaker

"That is extremely gracious of the hon. Gentleman, and I thank him from the bottom of my heart...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Tributes to the Speaker

"I am immensely obliged to the hon. Gentleman. I have told him many times how much I appreciate his support, and I do so again in the public square this afternoon. Thank you...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Tributes to the Speaker

"Let me thank the hon. Gentleman who has made the concluding contribution from the Back Benches, and in thanking him I want to register the view that, in addition to all his other attributes, the hon. Gentleman is a gentleman. What he has said is very much appreciated by me, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Standards

"Ordinarily, I would go to the other side of the House, but it seems appropriate to call the Chair of the Standards Committee first, and I hope the hon. Gentleman will accept that...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Standards

"Order. The hon. Gentleman will resume his seat. This matter was raised on a previous occasion and I am going to say, in all solemnity and with firmness, to the hon. Gentleman and to the House what the position is.

I could not have known that the hon. Gentleman intended …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Standards

"Order. I am sorry, but I must invite the hon. Gentleman to resume his seat and I will tell him why.

The hon. Gentleman tries to demonstrate how fair he is being by saying that, belatedly, he agrees with me, which he has never previously given any indication of at …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 31 Oct 2019
Standards

"Order. The hon. Gentleman will resume his seat. It is not help and advice; I am telling him what the position is. Don’t mix it with the Chair. If you have a couple more sentences to utter, you will do so; if you want to dilate at length, you will …..."
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