Edward Leigh MP: speeches

Speeches

• 17 Jul 2024 · Debate on the Address · Hansard source

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  I call Mr Luke Charters to make his maiden speech.

• 17 Jul 2024 · Debate on the Address · Hansard source

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  Order. We still have 25 Members who wish to speak, so after the next speaker, Sir Julian Lewis, I am afraid I must impose a time limit of seven minutes. This strict time limit will not apply to maiden speeches, but I am sure that those who make them will also want to keep an eye on the clock and remember the courtesies of the House. If we do not impose this time limit now, and if people do not keep to it, not everybody will get to speak in this debate.

• 17 Jul 2024 · Debate on the Address · Hansard source

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  I call Seamus Logan to make his maiden speech.

• 17 Jul 2024 · Debate on the Address · Hansard source

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  Order. I must now impose a time limit of seven minutes.

• 17 Jul 2024 · Debate on the Address · Hansard source

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  I call Siân Berry to make her maiden speech,

• 17 Jul 2024 · Debate on the Address · Hansard source

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  For his maiden speech, I call Graham Leadbitter.

• 9 Jul 2024 · Election of Speaker · Hansard source

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  As the first Back Bencher to speak in this Parliament, let me say that I seem to remember that almost the very first thing you said in your distinguished career as our Speaker, Mr Speaker-Elect—you said it almost before you arrived in the Chair—was that your primary job was to defend us Back Benchers, and I know that you will do that with enormous spirit and diligence. This place is primarily about great events and the Opposition holding the Government to account, but it is also about the right and duty of all us Back Benchers to have our views and our say, even if some of our views are a bit idiosyncratic. We all welcome the fact that we are such a diverse Parliament in every single way, but above all, we are a Parliament of a diversity of views. We are all equal. To be fair, some are more equal than others, but you, Mr Speaker-Elect, will defend our right to speak our mind and to hold the Government to account. I pay tribute to my predecessor, Sir Peter Bottomley, who gave such wonderful service to this House. He sent me a lovely little note today. He said, “Have fun, do some good, and make people happy.” You, Mr Speaker-Elect, cannot make all of us happy all the time, but every single day, you try to make most of us happy for most of the time.

• 9 Jul 2024 · Election of Speaker · Hansard source

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  Under the terms of Standing Order No. 1A, I am now required to ascertain whether Sir Lindsay Hoyle is willing to be chosen as Speaker.