Tribute on Wednesday, 3 June 2015, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton. The answering member was Baroness Harman.

Tributes to Charles Kennedy

Tributes paid to Rt Hon Charles Kennedy following his death on 1 June 2015.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 596 cc589-610
Session: 2015-16
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: John Bercow | 596 c591 (Link to this contribution)
I informed the House yesterday that there would be an opportunity today for Members to pay tribut...; Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 596 cc591-3 (Link to this contribution)
The whole House will have been shocked, and so deeply saddened, by the sudden news yesterday morn...; Baroness Harman | 596 c593 (Link to this contribution)
We all felt so saddened to wake up to the news yesterday of the death of Charles Kennedy, and the...; Nick Clegg | 596 cc593-5 (Link to this contribution)
A few days ago I got in touch with Charles because I was looking for a telephone number of someon...; Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 596 cc594-6 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for this opportunity to make a very brief addition to the tributes already paid by ...; Gerald Kaufman | 596 cc596-7 (Link to this contribution)
I first met Charles Kennedy on his first day in the House of Commons, when I entered the Members’...; Angus Robertson | 596 cc597-8 (Link to this contribution)
May I begin by expressing my sadness and that of all Members of the Scottish National party at th...; Liam Fox | 596 c598 (Link to this contribution)
I had the honour and pleasure of knowing Charles for some 37 years. When I first went to Glasgow ...; Alasdair McDonnell | 596 cc598-9 (Link to this contribution)
I reiterate the words of the previous speakers: it is a sad day for all of us in this House. I fe...; Edward Leigh | 596 cc599-600 (Link to this contribution)
If I may, I would like just to say a few words. I walked into this House for the first time as a ...; Ian Blackford | 596 cc600-1 (Link to this contribution)
I thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to speak today as we pay tribute to the previous Mem...; Lord Bellingham | 596 c601 (Link to this contribution)
I want to pay a short, personal tribute to a remarkable man. Like my hon. Friend the Member for G...; Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 596 cc601-2 (Link to this contribution)
On an occasion like this, our thoughts are first and foremost with the family of Charles Kennedy,...; James Gray | 596 cc602-3 (Link to this contribution)
Many colleagues have spoken today of Charles’s great talents in this place and his great ability ...; Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 596 c603 (Link to this contribution)
I knew Charles through Sarah Gurling and got to see beyond the public figure and party leader. He...; Norman Lamb | 596 cc603-4 (Link to this contribution)
Charles Kennedy was an immense talent, and it says so much about the man that so many Members in ...; Hywel Williams | 596 c604 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for this opportunity to pay tribute to Charles Kennedy on behalf of the current Pla...; Tim Farron | 596 cc604-6 (Link to this contribution)
I was elected to this House on 5 May 2005, and Charles Kennedy was my party leader. In the weeks ...; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 596 c606 (Link to this contribution)
Charles Kennedy was an associate editor of the House magazine, of which I am the editor, and we w...; Greg Mulholland | 596 cc606-7 (Link to this contribution)
Charles Kennedy was one of those people everyone remembers meeting for the first time: his distin...; Stephen Pound | 596 cc607-8 (Link to this contribution)
Many hearts broke yesterday morning when we heard the news; it came as such a dreadful shock. It ...; Mark Williams | 596 cc608-9 (Link to this contribution)
It may be too sentimental to describe political parties, some big, some perhaps rather too small ...; Diane Abbott | 596 c609 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for the opportunity to pay tribute to Charles Kennedy. As we have heard, he was a p...; John Bercow | 596 c609 (Link to this contribution)
I thank all colleagues for what they have said and the way in which they have said it. We must, I...; Jim Shannon | 596 c610 (Link to this contribution)
On a point of order, Mr Speaker.; John Bercow | 596 c610 (Link to this contribution)
If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, we have a lot of pressing business. Perhaps we can come to...
Subjects: Death Kennedy, Charles
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Tributes to Charles Kennedy

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