Tribute on Wednesday, 17 June 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Gordon Brown. The answering member was Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton.

Tribute to Mr. Speaker

Debate on a motion to pay tribute to Mr Speaker on the occasion of his retirement.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 494 c315-38
Session: 2008-09
Department: Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: John Bercow | 494 c335 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure for me to follow the right hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Dr. Strang), whose pith...; Judy Mallaber | 494 c336-8 (Link to this contribution) I appear to be the last person to speak. I thank you very much for calling me, as I had forgotten to...; Speaker | 494 c338 (Link to this contribution) Before I put the motion, I am reminded of an incident involving a councillor who had served a long t...; Kali Mountford | 494 c333-4 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Speaker—thank you, dear friend. I particularly wanted to be here today. Having been h...; Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 494 c334-5 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Colne Valley (Kali Mountford), and I wish her well person...; Nicholas Winterton | 494 c323-4 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, my tribute will be personal. I am, I think, the longest-serving member of the Speaker's...; Mark Durkan | 494 c324-5 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Others have made the point that you are the first metalworker to be Speaker ...; Lord Young of Cookham | 494 c325-6 (Link to this contribution) May I add a brief footnote to the generous tributes that have been paid to you, Mr. Speaker? I begin...; Stuart Bell | 494 c326 (Link to this contribution) It is said, and has been said today, that the best speeches come from the heart. All the speeches th...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 494 c320 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my right hon. and hon. Friends, I would like to thank you for the privileg...; Mohammad Sarwar | 494 c319-20 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, it is a great pleasure and a privilege to address my remarks to you in paying the warme...; Alan Williams | 494 c320-2 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, may I say what a great pleasure it was, at the beginning of this Parliament, to preside...; Speaker | 494 c320 (Link to this contribution) I call the Father of the House.; Gerald Kaufman | 494 c323 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, I address you in your capacity as a fine Speaker of the House of Commons, a devoted Mem...; Elfyn Llwyd | 494 c322-3 (Link to this contribution) It gives me great pleasure to say some brief words to celebrate your work, Mr. Speaker, and to thank...; Bob Spink | 494 c333 (Link to this contribution) Much has already been said about your dignity, warmth and courtesy in this House and about your comm...; Angus Robertson | 494 c331 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure and an honour to add my tribute to those hon. Members from all parts of the House o...; Anne Begg | 494 c331-3 (Link to this contribution) In paying tribute to you, Mr. Speaker, I want to tell a story. I have not told it in public before, ...; Bill Olner | 494 c327-8 (Link to this contribution) It gives me great honour to be associated with the motion that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minist...; Richard Taylor | 494 c326-7 (Link to this contribution) As the senior of the two elected independents, it is my absolute privilege to add some words to the ...; David Clelland | 494 c330-1 (Link to this contribution) I want to make a personal tribute to you and your speakership, Mr. Speaker. Yours has been a remarka...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 494 c330 (Link to this contribution) It has always astonished me, Mr. Speaker, that you almost always remember the names of every Member ...; Frank Doran | 494 c328-30 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, I associate myself with all the positive comments about your contribution to the House ...; Peter Viggers | 494 c328 (Link to this contribution) I did not expect this to be a reunion of the panel that was chosen to select your malt whisky, Mr. S...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 494 c317-8 (Link to this contribution) It is right, Mr. Speaker, that the House has this opportunity to pay tribute to the service that you...; Nick Clegg | 494 c318-9 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Speaker, in the circumstances, it is especially generous of you to give me the opportunity to sp...; Gordon Brown | 494 c315-7 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House records its warm appreciation of the manner in which the Right Honour...; Gavin Strang | 494 c335 (Link to this contribution) Thank you for this opportunity to pay tribute to you as Speaker of the House of Commons, and thank y...
Subjects: Speaker Retirement Martin of Springburn, Lord
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Tribute to Mr. Speaker

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