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Speaker hails parliamentary friendship between UK and Luxembourg
The Speakers of the UK House of Commons and Luxembourg have hosted the first parliamentary meeting between their two nations in 73 years.
12 May 2022
Commons and Overseas Territories Speakers’ Conference 2022 Communiqué
06 May 2022
Speaker Hoyle welcomes delegates to first ever British Overseas Territories Conference
The Speaker of the House of Commons has welcomed his counterparts from across the British Overseas Territories to their first ever Speaker-led conference.
04 May 2022
Speaker tells Royal Gibraltar Regiment: "I am in awe at everything you have done."
The Speaker of the House of Commons spoke of his pride in the Royal Gibraltar Regiment who are taking part in ceremonial duties across London.
30 March 2022
Jamaica High Commissioner tells Commons Speaker of his nation’s ambitions
Jamaica is on track to become "the Singapore of the Caribbean" - an important centre for international trade – the High Commissioner to the UK told the Speaker of the House of Commons.
30 March 2022
Speaker tells Nazanin: "Welcome home," during meeting in Parliament
The Speaker of the House of Commons told Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that "the whole nation rejoiced" when she was finally reunited with her family after six years in captivity.
21 March 2022
Joint statement from the House of Lords and House of Commons Commissions
Joint statement by the Lords and Commons Commissions
18 March 2022
Commons Speaker pledges to give a voice to Ukrainian parliamentarians
Four Ukrainian women MPs told the Speaker of the House of Commons they are targets of Russian aggression as they continue to make the case for a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
18 March 2022
Speaker Hoyle hails Ukraine for continuing parliamentary business in a warzone
16 March 2022
Declaration by the Speakers and Presidents of Parliament of the G7 on the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine
16 March 2022
Speaker meets with Sweden’s Ambassador and offers security sharing with the Swedish Riksdag
Speaker meets with Sweden’s Ambassador and offers security sharing with the Swedish Riksdag
11 March 2022
Speaker Hoyle invites “courageous” Ukrainian President to give Commons address
The President of Ukraine marked an historic first when he addressed the House of Commons via video link to explain how his citizens had suffered from a conflict, they “did not want.”
09 March 2022
Speakers unite in support of Ukraine
The Speaker of the House of Commons was thanked by his opposite number in Lithuania for the UK’s support for Ukraine.
07 March 2022
Speaker Hoyle and Speaker Pelosi vow to stand together against 'antidemocratic forces'
The Speaker of the House of Commons said "mob rule" on Capitol Hill in Washington DC a year ago had been a warning to Parliaments across the globe of the dangers of antidemocratic forces.
21 February 2022
Speaker and ambassador hail UK-Netherlands bilateral relations
The Speaker of the House of Commons expressed his sympathy that the Kingdom of the Netherlands had been hit hard by the latest wave of Covid-19, during a meeting with the country’s ambassador to the UK.
28 January 2022