Members Sworn

I must now call on the Members of the House, according to the usual custom, to take the Oath of Allegiance or to affirm at the Table of the House, first doing so myself.

I should remind hon. Members that, until they take the Oath or affirm, they must not sit during any debate or vote in any Division of the House, and they will not receive any salary—a big temptation. The arrangements for swearing in are as set out in the Chamber information sheet and a guidance note is also available from the Table Office and the Vote Office.

I propose to call first the Father of the House, then members of the Cabinet, then members of the shadow Cabinet, then all Privy Counsellors not included in those two groups, wherever they may be sitting, and then other Ministers. Thereafter, I shall call other hon. Members broadly according to the Parliament of their first entry, or, for those with broken service, that of their most recent entry. The first batch will be those who have been Members since before the 2010 election. Thereafter, I shall proceed to call Members by successive Parliaments. I do not expect to call new Members until tomorrow.

I propose to remain in the Chair until 5.45 today and to return at 6.45, continuing until 8.45, with a later session if necessary. The House will sit again tomorrow at 11.30. I propose to be in the Chair for swearing in tomorrow from 11.30 until 1.30, to return at 2 until 4, and again from 4.30 until 5.45, with a later session if necessary. I hope that, by the end of tomorrow afternoon, we will have made sufficient progress to enable all Members to swear in who wish to do so. However, if required, we will sit for swearing in at 2 o’clock on Thursday before the opening of the debate on the Queen’s Speech.

I remind Members that the swearing in, as a proceeding of the House, is recorded by television cameras: anything said or done by Members may appear on television or be picked up on microphones. It will assist the broadcasters if new Members state their name and constituency when they come to the Dispatch Box. Progress will depend, of course, on the number of Members wishing to swear in at any particular time. I advise Members to watch the annunciators to establish progress, and to speak to their Whips.

Sir Peter James Bottomley, for Worthing West

Right honourable Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Right honourable Priti Sushil Patel, Witham

Right honourable Dominic Rennie Raab, Esher and Walton

Right honourable and learned Robert James Buckland, South Swindon

Right honourable Jacob William Rees-Mogg, North East Somerset

Right honourable Sajid Javid, Bromsgrove

Right honourable Michael Andrew Gove, Surrey Heath

Nicklaus Thomas-Symonds, for Torfaen

Joanna Meriel Stevens, Cardiff Central

Michael Joseph Patrick Kane, Wythenshawe and Sale East

James Morris, Halesowen and Rowley Regis

Tracey Elizabeth Anne Crouch, Chatham and Aylesford

Nadhim Zahawi, Stratford-on-Avon

Matthew Robert Warman, Boston and Skegness

Stephen Daniel Double, St Austell and Newquay

Robert William Henry Seely, Isle of Wight

Benjamin David Bradley, Mansfield

Right honourable Conor Burns, Bournemouth West

Laurence Anthony Robertson, Tewkesbury

Robert Alexander Stewart, Beckenham