House of Commons
1 September 2026
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House of Commons
00:21 - 00:51
Speaker 4
Order. Order. Will the member wishing to take his seat please come to the table.
00:51 - 01:46
Speaker 3
I swear by Almighty God that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles, his heirs, successors, according to law, so help me God.
01:46 - 03:20
Speaker 5
I wish to inform the House that I have received letters from the honourable member for Vauxhall and Camberwell Green informing me of her resignation as the chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, the honourable member for Hammersmith and Chiswick informing me of his resignation as chair of the Justice Committee, and the honourable member for Luton North informing me of her resignation as chair of the Women and Equalities Committee. I therefore declare those chairs vacant. Nominations for elections to those vacancies are now open and will close at 2:30 on Monday the 7th of September. Nomination forms will be available from the Vote Office, the Table Office and the Public Bill Office. Only members from the Labour Party may be candidates in these elections.
If there is more than one candidate in any election, the ballot will take place on Monday the 14th of September between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the Aye division lobby. I remind colleagues that new rules in relation to campaigning for select committee chair elections, which were proposed by the Procedure Committee, were endorsed by the House on the 28th of April 2016. A briefing note with more information will be available from the Vote Office and online. We'll now come to questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs. I start with question number one, Blair McDougall.
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