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Commons Speaker hosts Holocaust Memorial Day ceremony
The Speaker urged people to "learn the lessons of the past" as he hosted a special commemoration for Holocaust Memorial Day in the House of Commons.
27 January 2022
Speaker and High Commissioner of Canada discuss strong bilateral ties
The Speaker of the House of Commons and Canada’s High Commissioner to the UK agreed that the Parliaments of both nations should work together to keep MPs safe.
20 January 2022
Speaker welcomes Vietnam’s new ambassador to the UK
Vietnam’s ambassador to the UK told the Speaker of the House of Commons that he hoped to double bilateral trade during his time in London.
19 January 2022
Commons and Lords Speakers celebrate conclusion of major Parliament restoration project
A major conservation project in Parliament has concluded after almost ten years
18 January 2022
Jack Dromey MP has sadly died
On 7 January it was announced that Jack Dromey MP had sadly passed.
07 January 2022
Parliaments look at harmonising friendship
Top singers in the UK Parliament are hoping to be exchanging vocal tips with their counterparts in the Parliament of Slovenia next year.
09 December 2021
Commons Speaker visits Gibraltar, hailing it his "home from home"
The Speaker of the House of Commons has visited Gibraltar – the first on his tour of British Overseas Territories (BOTs) since he took up the post two years ago.
06 December 2021
Bermuda thanks Sir David for raising its voice in the wider world
Sir David Amess was hailed as ‘one of Bermuda’s biggest cheerleaders’ by its Premier, as he laid a wreath to the MP in the House of Commons.
19 November 2021
Sir Lindsay Hoyle welcomes Czech delegation to Speaker’s House
The flag of the Czech Republic flew for the first time at the main entrance to Parliament to mark a visit by the President of the country’s Senate to the Speaker of the House of Commons.
19 November 2021
UK Speaker agrees to host security conference for Cayman Islands
The Speaker of the Parliament of the Cayman Islands has called on the Speaker of the House of Commons to convene a mini-conference on security.
09 November 2021
Speaker marks century of Remembrance with ‘constituency garden’
Poppy tributes are to fill the main entrance to Parliament as the Speaker of the House of Commons began the planting of its first ever ‘Constituency Garden of Remembrance’.
08 November 2021
Commons Speaker discusses bilateral links with Hungarian Ambassador
The inter-parliamentary links between Hungary and the UK "are in good shape", the Hungarian Ambassador to the UK told the Speaker of the House of Commons
04 November 2021
Speaker tells young fund-raisers: "I am so proud of you."
Two best friends who raised an incredible £220,000 for a hospital charity after one of them was diagnosed with cancer have been treated to a tour of Speaker’s House.
01 November 2021
Speaker praises public for crowning Sir David Amess’s pooch ‘Westminster Dog of the Year’
Parliament’s biggest animal lover – Sir Lindsay Hoyle - was first to congratulate Sir David Amess’s beloved pooch Vivienne as she was crowned Westminster Dog of the Year
28 October 2021
Speaker and King hail 100 years of diplomatic relations between UK and Jordan
The Speaker of the House of Commons has welcomed the King of Jordan – his first Royal visitor to Parliament
28 October 2021