House of Commons
Thursday 15 June 2017
The House met at half-past Nine o’clock
Prayers
[Mr Speaker in the Chair]
Members Sworn
I remind the House that I expect to be in the Chair today until about 11.30 am, to return at 12 noon until 1.30 pm, and then, if required, to be here from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm. If required, we will sit for swearing in at 2 pm on the day of the Queen’s Speech. Will Members wishing to take their seats please come to the Table?
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Right honourable Ann Clwyd, for Cynon Valley
Right honourable Liam Fox, North Somerset
Nigel Martin Evans, Ribble Valley
Kevin Denis Brennan, Cardiff West
Christopher Shaun Ruane, Vale of Clwyd
Stephen William Hammond, Wimbledon
Clive Anthony Lewis, Norwich South
Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, Slough
Mohammed Afzal Khan, Manchester, Gorton
Luke Pollard, Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
Tracy Lynn Brabin, Batley and Spen
Alexander James Jorden Norris, Nottingham North
Richard Irwin Harrington, Watford
Right honourable Hilary James Benn, Leeds Central
Alister William Jack, Dumfries and Galloway
Kirstene Janette Hair, Angus
Andrew Bowie, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
William Grant, Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Colin James Clark, Gordon
Paul Masterton, East Renfrewshire
Christopher Robert Chope, Christchurch
Jeremy John Elton Lefroy, Stafford
Eleanor Patricia Smith, Wolverhampton South West
Marsha Chantol De Cordova, Battersea
Matthew Raymond Western, Warwick and Leamington
Wera Benedicta Hobhouse, Bath
Joanne Marie Platt, Leigh
Antonia Louise Antoniazzi, Gower
Stephen Anthony Christopher Lloyd, Eastbourne
Jamie Stone, Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Penelope Mary Mordaunt, Portsmouth North
Laura Smith, Crewe and Nantwich
Michael Lee Amesbury, Weaver Vale
Christine Anne Jardine, Edinburgh West
David Melvyn Linden, Glasgow East
Liz Saville Roberts, Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Hywel Williams, Arfon
Ben Morgan Lake, Ceredigion
David Jonathan Edwards, Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Alexander Gordon Martin, Ipswich
Anneliese Jane Dodds, Oxford East
Mohammad Yasin, Bedford
Alexander David Sobel, Leeds North West
Emma Ann Hardy, Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Thelma Doris Walker, Colne Valley
William Paul Girvan, South Antrim
Right honourable Mark Christopher Field, Cities of London and Westminster
Rishi Sunak, Richmond (Yorks)
Ranil Malcolm Jayawardena, North East Hampshire
Marcus Charles Jones, Nuneaton
Stephen James Metcalfe, South Basildon and East Thurrock
Barry John Sheerman, Huddersfield
Darren Paul Jones, Bristol North West
Helen Elizabeth Hayes, Dulwich and West Norwood
George Michael Edward Hollingbery, Meon Valley
Victoria Atkins, Louth and Horncastle
John Philip Glen, Salisbury
Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper, West Lancashire
Michael Robert Hill, Hartlepool
Nigel Adams, Selby and Ainsty
John Lamont, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Douglas Ross, Moray
Luke Patrick Graham, Ochil and South Perthshire
Stephen Charles Kerr, Stirling
Ross Thomson, Aberdeen South
David James Duguid, Banff and Buchan
Alec Shelbrooke, Elmet and Rothwell
David John Warburton, Somerton and Frome
Right honourable Sir Nicholas Soames, Mid Sussex
Julian Carlton Knight, Solihull
Stephen Anthony McPartland, Stevenage
Stephen Barclay, North East Cambridgeshire
Mark Andrew Pritchard, The Wrekin
Charalambos Charalambous, Enfield, Southgate
Helen Catherine Goodman, Bishop Auckland
Ruth Stephanie Nicole George, High Peak
Elizabeth Anne McInnes, Heywood and Middleton
Thomas Georg John Tugendhat, Tonbridge and Malling
Royston Matthew Smith, Southampton, Itchen
Justin Piers Richard Madders, Ellesmere Port and Neston
Samuel Phillip Gyimah, East Surrey
Matthew Thomas Pennycook, Greenwich and Woolwich
Oliver James Dowden, Hertsmere
Luke Anthony Hall, Thornbury and Yate
Andrea Marie Jenkyns, Morley and Outwood
Giacomo Lopresti, Filton and Bradley Stoke
Laura Pidcock, North West Durham
Daniel Joseph Carden, Liverpool, Walton
Louise Haigh, Sheffield, Heeley
Eleanor Claire Reeves, Lewisham West and Penge
Stephanie Louise Peacock, Barnsley East
Robert Alexander Courts, Witney
Kwasi Alfred Addo Kwarteng, Spelthorne
Christopher Laurie Malthouse, North West Hampshire
Julian Richard Smith, Skipton and Ripon
Frank Zacharias Robin Goldsmith, Richmond Park
Rachel Jane Reeves, Leeds West
Mary Elizabeth Twist, Blaydon
Roberta Carol Blackman-Woods, City of Durham
Alan Mak, Havant
Right honourable Tobias Martin Ellwood, Bournemouth East
Simon Anthony Hart, Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
Christopher James Skidmore, Kingswood
Roderick James Nugent Stewart, Penrith and The Border
Christopher Williamson, Derby North
Leo Docherty, Aldershot
Abimbola Afolami, Hitchin and Harpenden
Emma Little Pengelly, Belfast South
Neil John O'Brien, Harborough
Michael Alex Burghart, Brentwood and Ongar
Jack Edgar Brereton, Stoke-on-Trent South
Michael Jon Wood, Dudley South
Craig Mackinlay, South Thanet
Edward Glyn Davies, Montgomeryshire
Rachel Helen Maclean, Redditch
Victoria Grace Ford, Chelmsford
Julia Louise Dockerill, Hornchurch and Upminster
Simon Richard Clarke, Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
Gillian Keegan, Chichester
Lee Benjamin Rowley, North East Derbyshire
Andrew Iain Lewer, Northampton South
Alok Kumar Sharma, Reading West
Robert Andrew Raymond Syms, Poole
Ruth Lauren Smeeth, Stoke-on-Trent North
Wesley Paul William Streeting, Ilford North
Peter John Kyle, Hove
Gareth Craig Snell, Stoke-on-Trent Central
Edmund Francis Hughes, Walsall North
Conor Patrick McGinn, St Helens North
Iain Aitken Stewart, Milton Keynes South
Thomas Christopher John Pursglove, Corby
Holly Jamie Lynch, Halifax
Jonathan Neil Reynolds, Stalybridge and Hyde
Trudy Lynne Harrison, Copeland
Giles Francis Watling, Clacton
Damien Moore, Southport
William James Quince, Colchester
The sitting will be suspended until 11.30 am. The bells will be rung five minutes before the sitting resumes.
Sitting suspended.
On resuming—
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Joseph Edmund Johnson, for Orpington
Amanda Anne Milling, Cannock Chase
Steven John Baker, Wycombe
Robert William Henry Seely, Isle of Wight
Charles Geoffrey Cox, Torridge and West Devon
Alexander Chalk, Cheltenham
James Spencer Cleverly, Braintree
Seema Louise Ghiassi Kennedy, South Ribble
Damian Noel Thomas Collins, Folkestone and Hythe
Right honourable Michael Penning, Hemel Hempstead
Stephen James Morgan, Portsmouth South
Nadhim Zahawi, Stratford-on-Avon
Katherine Anne Green, Stretford and Urmston
John David Penrose, Weston-super-Mare
Anna Rhiannon McMorrin, Cardiff North
Preet Gill, Birmingham, Edgbaston
Rupa Asha Huq, Ealing Central and Acton
Elizabeth Louise Kendall, Leicester West
John Timothy Grogan, Keighley
Lesley Margaret Langan Laird, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Gerard Killen, Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Martin David Whitfield, East Lothian
Danielle Rowley, Midlothian
Hugh Lawrence Gaffney, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Paul John Sweeney, Glasgow North East
Benjamin David Bradley, Mansfield
Ruth Margaret Cadbury, Brentford and Isleworth
James Richard Frith, Bury North
Stella Judith Creasy, Walthamstow
Mathew Richard Allen Rodda, Reading East
David Drew, Stroud
Jared O'Mara, Sheffield, Hallam
Steven Mark Ward Reed, Croydon North
Olukemi Badenoch, Saffron Walden
Layla Michelle Moran, Oxford West and Abingdon
Daniel Robert Kawczynski, Shrewsbury and Atcham
Carolyn Harris, Swansea East
Owen Smith, Pontypridd
Peter William Bone, Wellingborough
James Fitzpatrick, Poplar and Limehouse
Karen Elizabeth Lee, Lincoln
Sue-Ellen Cassiana Fernandes, Fareham
Order. The sitting is suspended until 2 pm. We will resume then and sit no later than 3 pm, and five minutes before the intended resumption at 2 pm the bells will ring.
Sitting suspended.
On resuming—
The following Members took and subscribed the Oath, or made and subscribed the Affirmation required by law:
Roger Duncan Godsiff, for Birmingham, Hall Green
Daniel Zeichner, Cambridge
Teresa Pearce, Erith and Thamesmead
Henry Edward Millar Smith, Crawley
Catherine Elizabeth West, Hornsey and Wood Green
Phillip James Lee, Bracknell
Neil Coyle, Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Gareth Thomas, Harrow West
Right honourable Melvyn John Stride, Central Devon
Right honourable Grant Shapps, Welwyn Hatfield
Sarah Ann Jones, Croydon Central
Right honourable Joan Marie Ryan, Enfield North
Shailesh Lakhman Vara, North West Cambridgeshire
George William Freeman, Mid Norfolk
Right honourable Andrew Mitchell, Sutton Coldfield
Luciana Clare Berger, Liverpool, Wavertree
Andrew Francis Slaughter, Hammersmith
Rosemary Clare Duffield, Canterbury
Nusrat Munir Ghani, Wealden
Heidi-Suzanne Allen, South Cambridgeshire
Chris Ian Brian Mynott Philp, Croydon South
Karen Patricia Buck, Westminster North
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Brighton, Kemptown
Nicholas Richard Hurd, Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner
Adjournment
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—(Nigel Adams.)
House adjourned.