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Sir Henry Bellingham has withdrawn from the Speaker race. As it stands there are now eight candidates.
All candidates will have to put in a valid nomination by 10:30am on Monday to be eligible to stand for Speaker.
Each candidate has to sign a statement and have the signatures of between 12 and 15 MPs “of whom not fewer than three shall be Members elected to the House as members of any party other than that to which the candidate belongs or members of no party”.
The candidates for Speaker - in alphabetical order - are:

Chris Bryant, Labour MP for Rhondda since 2001

Harriet Harman, Labour MP for Peckham/Camberwell since 1982

Meg Hillier, Labour MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch since 2005
Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Labour MP for Chorley since 1997

Dame Eleanor Laing, Conservative MP for Epping Forest since 1997

Sir Edward Leigh, Conservative MP for Gainsborough since 1983
Shailesh Vara, Conservative MP for North West Cambridgeshire since 2005.

Dame Rosie Winterton, Labour MP for Doncaster Central since 1997.
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Reminder: Parliament cannot be recalled during prorogation as it can be during recess, except under specific legislation such as the civil contingencies act or the demise of the Crown). The government may accelerate the date of the Queen’s Speech.
The Meeting of Parliament Act 1797 allows Parliament to be summonsed after the issuing of a proclamation recalling it to meet, notwithstanding any prorogation.
During a recess all that has to happen for the Commons to be recalled is for a minister to request it from the Speaker - standing order no.13 👇

The Speaker has no independent power of recall.
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BBC reports the Queen’s Speech will be on October 14th. Parliament to be prorogued after two week sitting in September.
Prorogation brings to an end nearly all parliamentary business. Public Bills may be carried over from one session to the next, subject to agreement
Motions lapse when the House becomes prorogued, questions which have not been answered fall, nothing more will happen with them. If they have not been answered then they will stay unanswered. No motions or questions can be tabled during a prorogation.
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The recall petition in Brecon and Radnorshire has reached 10% . The seat has been vacated and there will be a by-election.

This is the third time the recall process has been initiated and the second time an MP has been removed by voters.
Former MP Chris Davies is eligible to stand in the by-election either as the Conservative candidate or as an independent.
10,005 people signed a petition to remove the constituency's MP, Conservative Chris Davies.

Mr Davies was convicted of a false expenses claim in March.
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