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His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Tribute on Monday, 12 April 2021, in the House of Commons, led by Boris Johnson. The answering member was Keir Starmer.
Tributes paid to His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh following his death on 9th April 2021.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
692 cc1-118 
Session
2019-21
Department
Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Message from the Queen
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Lindsay Hoyle | 692 c1 (Link to this contribution)

I invite the House to rise and observe a minute’s silence in memory of His Royal Highness The Pri...

Lindsay Hoyle | 692 cc1-3 (Link to this contribution)

We meet today to pay tribute to the Duke of Edinburgh, who has been at the side of Her Majesty th...


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Boris Johnson | 692 cc3-5 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move,

That an Humble Address be presented to Her Majesty expressing the deepest sy...

Keir Starmer | 692 cc5-6 (Link to this contribution)

In supporting the Humble Address, I would like to echo the remarks made by the Prime Minister and...

Peter Bottomley | 692 cc6-7 (Link to this contribution)

Prince Philip would have laughed at the Leader of the Opposition’s jest about finding a compass a...

Ian Blackford | 692 cc7-9 (Link to this contribution)

Let me begin by echoing the warm and thoughtful words of the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Op...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 692 cc9-11 (Link to this contribution)

I join with the Prime Minister and everyone across this House in sending my heartfelt condolences...

Lindsay Hoyle | 692 c11 (Link to this contribution)

We will now hear from the Mother of the House, the right hon. and learned Harriet Harman.

3...

Baroness Harman | 692 cc11-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the opportunity to add my tribute to the powerful speeches that have already be...

Roger Gale | 692 cc12-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful indeed to have the opportunity to place on the record, on behalf of my constit...

Ed Davey | 692 cc13-4 (Link to this contribution)

Princess Anne said yesterday:

“You know it is going to happen but you are never really read...

Iain Duncan Smith | 692 cc14-6 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to extend my condolences to Her Majesty the Queen on the death of her liegeman of life and...

Lord Grayling | 692 cc15-7 (Link to this contribution)

We have heard a series of fulsome tributes to the Duke of Edinburgh this afternoon, and much has ...

Jeffrey M Donaldson | 692 cc17-8 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of the Democratic Unionist party and the people in Northern Ireland we have the privile...

Andrew Selous | 692 cc18-9 (Link to this contribution)

As we meet to pay our respects to His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, our th...

Yvette Cooper | 692 cc19-20 (Link to this contribution)

I join speakers from across the House and the country in paying tribute and respect to His Royal ...

Maria Miller | 692 cc20-1 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful for the opportunity to send deepest condolences on behalf of myself and my con...

Liz Saville Roberts | 692 cc21-2 (Link to this contribution)

I wish to speak on behalf of Plaid Cymru in Westminster and to express my party’s condolences to ...

Mel Stride | 692 c22 (Link to this contribution)

Today’s tributes have demonstrated that there are few who have lived a life as full as that of Th...

Hilary Benn | 692 cc22-4 (Link to this contribution)

I must confess that, like many people, there are things I have learned in the last few days about...

Theresa Villiers | 692 c24 (Link to this contribution)

I found it very moving to hear the tributes to His Royal Highness flooding in from people around ...

Ian Murray | 692 cc24-6 (Link to this contribution)

I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to say a few words on behalf of my constituents in t...

Douglas Ross | 692 cc26-7 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of the people of Moray, may I extend my deepest condolences to Her Majesty the Queen an...

Greg Clark | 692 cc27-8 (Link to this contribution)

Mr Speaker,

“Everything that wasn’t invented by God was invented by an engineer.”

So ...

Diana Johnson | 692 cc28-9 (Link to this contribution)

I am speaking on behalf of my Hull parliamentary neighbours, my hon. Friends the Members for King...

William Cash | 692 cc29-30 (Link to this contribution)

On 9 April, when I heard the sad news, I walked to the small Norman church, St Michael’s, next to...

Caroline Lucas | 692 cc30-1 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of my party, the Green party of England and Wales, I would like to join Members from ac...

Bernard Jenkin | 692 cc31-2 (Link to this contribution)

When I first saw the list of those who wished to contribute to this debate, my heart sank slightl...

Barry Sheerman | 692 cc32-3 (Link to this contribution)

Madam Deputy Speaker, you will know that I have been away from the House and doing my duties onli...

Andrea Leadsom | 692 cc33-4 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr Sheerman)—what a lovely and fitti...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 692 c34 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Lady is absolutely right about everyone having recollections of their encounters w...

Maria Eagle | 692 cc34-6 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you for calling me to speak on this very sad occasion, Madam Deputy Speaker. Like you, I me...

Robert Neill | 692 cc36-7 (Link to this contribution)

In adding my words of tribute to His Royal Highness and my condolences to the royal family and to...

Liam Byrne | 692 cc37-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to follow such a beautiful tribute.

“There is an appointed time for ...

David Amess | 692 c39 (Link to this contribution)

I pay this tribute to his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh not just in a personal capacity, b...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 692 cc39-40 (Link to this contribution)

We are not operating with time limits this afternoon—I hope we can be dignified and find that tha...

Lisa Cameron | 692 c40 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to speak in this debate in tribute to the life of His Royal Highness The Prince...

Adam Afriyie | 692 cc40-2 (Link to this contribution)

I must first send my condolences to Her Majesty the Queen and the royal family from the Windsor c...

Dan Jarvis | 692 c42 (Link to this contribution)

I begin by offering, on behalf of my constituents and myself, deepest sympathies to Her Majesty t...

Philip Dunne | 692 cc42-4 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, am grateful for the opportunity to join others who have spoken in paying my condolences t...

Stephen Farry | 692 cc44-5 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of people right across the community in Northern Ireland, my constituents in North Down...

Andrew Bowie | 692 cc45-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to rise to pay tribute to His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburg...

Clive Efford | 692 cc46-7 (Link to this contribution)

The Duke of Edinburgh was part of an extraordinary generation—the generation of my parents—that e...

Robert Halfon | 692 cc47-8 (Link to this contribution)

Along with the British public, I felt real sadness on the passing of Prince Philip, and on behalf...

Baroness Keeley | 692 cc48-9 (Link to this contribution)

I want to join the tributes to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. His compa...

Duncan Baker | 692 c49 (Link to this contribution)

Norfolk, as we know, has a special connection to the royal family through Sandringham, and my con...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 692 c50 (Link to this contribution)

We now go, by audio link only, to Ian Paisley.

Ian Jnr Paisley | 692 c50 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is an honour—[Interruption.]

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 692 c50 (Link to this contribution)

Order. No, I am afraid that it is not going to work. We will move on, and come back to Mr Paisley...

Julian Lewis | 692 cc50-1 (Link to this contribution)

Combining his royal role with a very long life meant that Prince Philip met vast numbers of peopl...

Chris Bryant | 692 cc51-2 (Link to this contribution)

Madam Deputy Speaker,

“Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away...

Caroline Johnson | 692 c52 (Link to this contribution)

When we die, we live on in the memories of those who knew and loved us, and through the effect th...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 692 c53 (Link to this contribution)

We now go, or I hope we do, to Ian Paisley—[Interruption.] We will try yet again later to contact...

Tobias Ellwood | 692 cc53-4 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome this exceptional recall of Parliament to pay tribute to the life and service of His Roy...

Jamie Stone | 692 cc54-5 (Link to this contribution)

There is one other person in this place who attended that school, Gordonstoun, and that is me. Wh...

Adam Holloway | 692 cc55-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross (Jamie Stone...

Cat Smith | 692 c56 (Link to this contribution)

Tributes to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh have flooded in from around the world, but f...

Fay Jones | 692 cc56-7 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to be called in this sitting. So rich was the life of the Duke of Edinburgh tha...

Carla Lockhart | 692 cc57-8 (Link to this contribution)

This is a solemn occasion during what is a very sad time in the life of our nation. The deep sens...

Stephen Crabb | 692 c58 (Link to this contribution)

On my behalf and that of my constituents in Preseli Pembrokeshire, I would like to place on recor...

Peter Kyle | 692 cc58-60 (Link to this contribution)

There are many reasons why I am very keen to participate in today’s memorial debate. First, obvio...

Tom Tugendhat | 692 cc60-1 (Link to this contribution)

I am going to carry on right where the hon. Member for Hove (Peter Kyle) left off, because there ...

Carolyn Harris | 692 c61 (Link to this contribution)

As the Member of Parliament for Swansea East and as deputy leader of the Welsh Labour party, I wo...

Edward Leigh | 692 cc61-2 (Link to this contribution)

I first met Prince Philip over 40 years ago, when I was a young councillor. He came to County Hal...

Christine Jardine | 692 cc62-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is a sad privilege to be here today to pay tribute on behalf of my constituents in Edinburgh W...

Bob Stewart | 692 cc63-4 (Link to this contribution)

We have all heard that Prince Philip served in the Royal Navy in the second world war, but I want...

Christian Matheson | 692 cc64-5 (Link to this contribution)

It is appropriate that I follow my friend the right hon. and gallant Member for Beckenham (Bob St...

Andrew Rosindell | 692 cc65-6 (Link to this contribution)

I join Members on both sides of the House in giving thanks for the life and service of His Royal ...

Rosie Duffield | 692 cc66-7 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to join with colleagues across the House today in paying tribute to His Royal H...

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 692 cc67-8 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to take part in this series of heartfelt tribute...

Chris Elmore | 692 cc68-9 (Link to this contribution)

My thoughts and prayers are with Her Majesty the Queen and all members of the royal family. Those...

James Gray | 692 cc69-70 (Link to this contribution)

Of all the rich aspects of the life of His Royal Highness about which we have heard from hon. Mem...

Tracy Brabin | 692 cc70-1 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to send my tribute to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, on...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 692 c71 (Link to this contribution)

It is a special pleasure to be in the Chair to hear a fellow Yorkshirewoman pay her tribute. My c...

Daisy Cooper | 692 cc71-2 (Link to this contribution)

Much has been said in the last few days about Prince Philip’s steadfast support for Her Majesty t...

Richard Graham | 692 cc72-3 (Link to this contribution)

As he was famously uninterested in what others thought about him and perhaps not much given to se...

Stephen Kinnock | 692 cc73-4 (Link to this contribution)

His Royal Highness Prince Philip was a colossal figure in our public life, an exemplary public se...

Richard Drax | 692 cc74-5 (Link to this contribution)

It is both a pleasure and an honour to represent my constituents in today’s tribute to His Royal ...

Jim Shannon | 692 cc75-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is always difficult to sum up a man of such years, dignity, service and honours as His Royal H...

Alberto Costa | 692 cc76-7 (Link to this contribution)

The loss of the Duke of Edinburgh is painful for our country. Our monarch has lost her lifelong c...

Ruth Jones | 692 cc77-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to speak in this important debate and to pay tribute to the late Prince Philip, D...

Mark Pritchard | 692 cc78-9 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to join my constituents and people throughout the country, the Commonwealth, and around th...

Wes Streeting | 692 cc79-80 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to be called to speak in this moving and at times light-hearted debate. I will ...

Sarah Atherton | 692 cc80-1 (Link to this contribution)

It is with honour that I rise to pay tribute to His Royal Highness the Prince Philip on behalf of...

Gerald Jones | 692 cc81-2 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of the people in my constituency of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, I offer my condolences ...

Alec Shelbrooke | 692 cc82-3 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to offer my condolences to Her Majesty in this Humble Address on behalf of my constituents...

Ian Jnr Paisley | 692 cc83-4 (Link to this contribution)

It is a huge honour to take part in these tributes to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke ...

Charles Walker | 692 c84 (Link to this contribution)

Time is short and many Members wish to pay their respects to the Duke of Edinburgh, so I will be ...

Matt Rodda | 692 cc84-5 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to have the opportunity to speak in the debate and add my tribute to those made b...

Nigel Evans | 692 c85 (Link to this contribution)

A few months after 9/11, I went to a service in New York where one of our Ministers, Jack Straw, ...

Tim Loughton | 692 cc85-7 (Link to this contribution)

Well said, Mr Deputy Speaker. Indeed, what is left to say after so many distinguished contributio...

Nigel Evans | 692 c87 (Link to this contribution)

Before I call John Howell on the video link, I will just say that we have 53 Members who now want...

John Howell | 692 c87 (Link to this contribution)

As so many have done before me, I offer my condolences and those of my constituents to Her Majest...

Bob Blackman | 692 cc87-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Henley (John Howell). Our thoughts at th...

Neil Parish | 692 cc88-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to speak in this tribute to His Royal Highness. I offer my condolences to ...

Huw Merriman | 692 cc89-90 (Link to this contribution)

When Prince Philip was asked at the age of 90 if he thought he had been successful in his role, h...

James Cartlidge | 692 c90 (Link to this contribution)

It is a real pleasure to follow the great speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill and Bat...

Jack Brereton | 692 cc90-1 (Link to this contribution)

We join today across this House to commemorate and celebrate the life of His Royal Highness Princ...

Shailesh Vara | 692 c91 (Link to this contribution)

May I start by conveying my condolences and those of my constituents to Her Majesty the Queen and...

Mark Pawsey | 692 cc91-2 (Link to this contribution)

Mr Speaker spoke earlier today about how Prince Philip has been a constant throughout his life, a...

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough | 692 cc92-3 (Link to this contribution)

We always remember where we were when significant events occur, and last Friday at midday I was a...

Nigel Evans | 692 c93 (Link to this contribution)

We have 87 minutes left and 43 more speakers, so if Members could speak for under three minutes t...

Peter Aldous | 692 cc93-4 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of the constituents of Waveney, I extend their and my condolences to Her Majesty the Qu...

Derek Thomas | 692 cc94-5 (Link to this contribution)

I share with my constituents in west Cornwall and on the Isles of Scilly a tremendous sense of re...

Mark Logan | 692 c95 (Link to this contribution)

The Duke of Edinburgh represented the zeitgeist of a changing Britain. He was born just after the...

David Morris | 692 cc95-6 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome this extraordinary recall of Parliament. I declare my interests: I am a patron of the B...

Lucy Allan | 692 c96 (Link to this contribution)

It is a very great privilege to be able to pay tribute to Prince Philip on behalf of my constitue...

Neil Hudson | 692 cc96-7 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great honour and privilege to pay tribute today, on behalf of the constituents of Penrith...

Nusrat Ghani | 692 cc97-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great honour to contribute to this Humble Address on behalf of my constituents in Wealden...

Jane Stevenson | 692 cc98-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Wealden (Ms Ghani), who shared suc...

Gagan Mohindra | 692 cc99-100 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to speak on this Humble Address. I offer my sin...

Sarah Dines | 692 c100 (Link to this contribution)

I am here today to express the heartfelt condolences of the people of Derbyshire Dales to Her Maj...

Nigel Evans | 692 c100 (Link to this contribution)

We have just about an hour left, and Members can see that there are still names on the call list,...

Nicola Richards | 692 cc100-1 (Link to this contribution)

Echoing all Members who have spoken so far, my deepest condolences go out to Her Majesty the Quee...

Ruth Edwards | 692 cc101-2 (Link to this contribution)

Earlier today, I was searching for a biography of the Duke of Edinburgh on a well-known online sh...

Saqib Bhatti | 692 c102 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to speak in this debate, and on behalf of my constituents, I would like to conv...

James Wild | 692 cc102-3 (Link to this contribution)

Norfolk, and particularly Sandringham in my constituency, was a special place for the Duke of Edi...

Virginia Crosbie | 692 cc103-4 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild). We meet...

Sara Britcliffe | 692 cc104-5 (Link to this contribution)

As I listened to this debate’s opening tributes, the contribution by Mr Speaker described His Roy...

Danny Kruger | 692 c105 (Link to this contribution)

I will not take up the House’s time with my take on His Royal Highness’s life of service, but I s...

Julie Marson | 692 cc105-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to participate in this tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of...

Jo Gideon | 692 c106 (Link to this contribution)

I wish to add my sincere condolences to those that have been expressed by all Members of the Hous...

Sally-Ann Hart | 692 cc106-7 (Link to this contribution)

I speak in this debate to represent the people of Hastings and Rye, who hold Her Majesty the Quee...

Fiona Bruce | 692 cc107-8 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of the residents of Congleton, I pay tribute to and give thanks for the life of dedicat...

Anthony Mangnall | 692 cc108-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to be able to pay tribute to His Royal Highness the Prince Philip. I do so havin...

Felicity Buchan | 692 c109 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of the residents of Kensington, I would like to pay the deepest tribute to His Royal Hi...

Selaine Saxby | 692 cc109-110 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to speak in the Chamber today to mark the passing of His Royal Highness Prince ...

Angela Richardson | 692 cc110-1 (Link to this contribution)

It is a true privilege to speak today. Along with colleagues and the people of Guildford, Cranlei...

Dean Russell | 692 c111 (Link to this contribution)

I would like to begin by joining the House in paying tribute on behalf of myself and the people o...

Imran Ahmad Khan | 692 cc111-2 (Link to this contribution)

It is in grief that we assemble today. The death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of...

Peter Gibson | 692 cc112-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to speak today on behalf of the people of Darlington in support of this Humble ...

Chris Loder | 692 c113 (Link to this contribution)

It is an honour to speak today on behalf of my constituents in West Dorset, to share in our natio...

James Daly | 692 cc113-4 (Link to this contribution)

On 21 October 1954, it was a rainy cold day in Bury, but thousands lined the streets of the town ...

Lindsay Hoyle | 692 c114 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Can I make an appeal to everyone? If you want to get people in, you have to try to help on...

Andy Carter | 692 cc114-5 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of the people of Warrington South, I extend my sympathies to Her Majesty the Queen and ...

Jonathan Gullis | 692 c115 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of the residents of Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke, I wish to convey my hear...

Aaron Bell | 692 cc115-6 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of my residents in Newcastle-under-Lyme and the civic leadership of the whole borough, ...

Greg Smith | 692 c116 (Link to this contribution)

On behalf of everybody across the Buckingham constituency, I send my deepest condolences to Her M...

Rob Butler | 692 cc116-7 (Link to this contribution)

I rise on behalf of my constituents to pay our tribute to His Royal Highness and our condolences ...

Jackie Doyle-Price | 692 c117 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to pay tribute to His Royal Highness Prince Philip. We have heard lots about his...

Lindsay Hoyle | 692 c118 (Link to this contribution)

Final speech—Bob Seely.

9.58 pm

Bob Seely | 692 c118 (Link to this contribution)

I am very happy to limit myself to five seconds, Mr Speaker, if you want to get somebody else in....

Lindsay Hoyle | 692 c118 (Link to this contribution)

Order. As we end the contributions to this motion for a Humble Address, it is a sign of the high ...

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