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Tributes to Jo Cox

Tribute on Monday, 20 June 2016, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton. The answering member was Jeremy Corbyn.
Motion, That this House has considered the matter of tributes to Jo Cox. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
611 cc1899-1900 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Jeremy Corbyn | 611 cc1899-1885 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That this House has considered the matter of tributes to Jo Cox.

Last ...

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton | 611 cc1885-6 (Link to this contribution)

We are here today to remember an extraordinary colleague and friend. Jo Cox was a voice of compas...


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Rachel Reeves | 611 cc1886-7 (Link to this contribution)

I stand here today to honour a friend and a colleague. Along with shock, anger and grief, I have ...

Andrew Mitchell | 611 cc1887-8 (Link to this contribution)

Today we mourn the terrible loss of our friend and colleague Jo, so tragically murdered as she we...

Baroness Harman | 611 cc1888-9 (Link to this contribution)

I want to add to the very moving tributes to Jo. I got to know Jo after the 2010 general election...

Stuart Andrew | 611 cc1889-1890 (Link to this contribution)

“What an amazing woman.” “Jo was one of us.” “She was clearly a remarkable person.” These are not...

Stephen Kinnock | 611 cc1890-1 (Link to this contribution)

Jo and I have been friends for over 20 years, and we have had a wonderful 12 months sharing an of...

Cheryl Gillan | 611 c1891 (Link to this contribution)

Jo Cox was a politician who spanned continents and political parties. Among other causes, she cam...

Holly Lynch | 611 cc1891-2 (Link to this contribution)

This is the hardest speech I will ever give. However, it was not difficult to write because there...

Eilidh Whiteford | 611 cc1892-4 (Link to this contribution)

Today, this House is united in grief. In Jo Cox we have lost a respected and treasured colleague ...

Stephen Doughty | 611 cc1894-5 (Link to this contribution)

In a tale of another Yorkshire tragedy that led to action and hope in the midst of sadness, we ar...

Tim Farron | 611 cc1895-6 (Link to this contribution)

We stand united as colleagues, indeed comrades, to mourn someone who was an enormous figure in th...

Alison McGovern | 611 cc1896-7 (Link to this contribution)

Let me begin by saying again Jo’s own words:

“Who can blame desperate parents for wanting t...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 611 c1897 (Link to this contribution)

I speak today, by agreement, for all the Northern Ireland parties and Members represented in the ...

Mary Creagh | 611 cc1897-8 (Link to this contribution)

We are here today to remember our beloved Jo Cox—a woman who loved and was loved; a woman who fiz...

Barry Sheerman | 611 c1898 (Link to this contribution)

I first met Jo through my daughter Madeleine. Madeleine was working for Glenys Kinnock in Brussel...

Caroline Lucas | 611 cc1898-9 (Link to this contribution)

I did not know Jo well at all, but the more I have learned about her life and work makes me wish ...

Jonathan Reynolds | 611 cc1899-1900 (Link to this contribution)

This is a speech I could not even have imagined giving just a few days ago. How bitterly ironic i...

John Bercow | 611 c1900 (Link to this contribution)

Colleagues, thank you to everyone who has spoken in tribute to Jo and in support of her family. T...

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