Theresa May announces judge-led public inquiry into Grenfell Tower tragedy
MPs now quizzing minister about response to the tragedy
Queen's Speech to take place on Wednesday 21 June
Tim Farron is to step down as Lib Dem leader
MPs being sworn in to the House of Commons
Deal between Tories and DUP delayed because of the tragedy
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The DUP's leader at Westminster Nigel Dodds says he's glad "things may have changed but you remain in place".
He pays tribute to those who lost their seats, adding: "We look forward to this Parliament" and "carrying out our responsibilities" including restoring devolved government at Stormont.
He predicts "interesting times ahead" in which he'll play a "full role".
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Plaid Cymru Westminster leader Hywel Williams and Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas also congratulate the Speaker.
Ms Lucas calls John Bercow "a champion of the smaller parties in this House".
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn hailed the election of more than 200 women MPs as an "excellent thing" - and praised John Bercow, saying "there can be no better speaker than you".
He congratulated Mr Bercow for presiding over the House during recent terrorist incidents, stressing: "We have to stand together."
Referencing the general election, Mr Corbyn said: "We look forward to this Parliament - however short it might be - that we can be the voice for change in this society."
He added that more young people took part in the recent election because they wanted Parliament to deliver change for them.
"I am looking forward to this Parliament like no other Parliament than ever before to challenge and bring about that change."
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Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron opens with tributes to those who lost their lives in recent terrorist attacks, as did the previous party leaders who spoke.
Recalling Cheryl Gillan's speech, he says she made one mistake by saying "we've got rid of nearly all the wigs. Can I say there's 12 of us now and that is a 50% increase".
Wigs. Whigs. Geddit? No?
"I'm here all week," he adds.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn began his remarks by saying Ken Clarke, the new father of the House, seemed to him to be "a very well established MP" when he entered Parliament 34 years ago.
To roars of laughter, he said:
Quote MessageI've never quite forgotten the image of the Member for Rushcliffe in the tearoom wearing Hush Puppies, eating bacon sandwiches, drinking super strength lager and carrying a cigar while taking a break from a debate on healthy living."
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Leader of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn takes his turn, congratulating Ken Clarke, who "seemed to be a very well-established MP when I was first elected to the House 34 years ago".
He recalls Mr Clarke in a tearoom many years ago, drinking lager and smoking a cigar "while taking a break from a debate on healthy living".
Mr Corbyn then congratulates the prime minister and invites her to reflect that "democracy is a wondrous thing and can throw up some unexpected results".
He looks forward to a Queen's Speech "just as soon as the coalition of chaos" is put together.
Otherwise, he adds, Labour is ready "to provide strong and stable leadership in the national interest".
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Theresa May congratulates John Bercow for becoming the first Commons Speaker since the Second World war elected three times.
In doing so, she also welcomes the return of Kenneth Clarke as Father of the House, praising him for his "long and distinguished career".
To the former chancellor, who labelled her before the election as a "bloody difficult woman", she commented: "It may not surprise you that I intend to be difficult today and break with tradition," she said in welcoming the mother of the house, Labour veteran Harriet Harman.
"There are now more women MPs than ever before," she said
"We now have a record number of MPs from black and minority ethnic backgrounds," she adds, which includes first ever female Sikh MP and more disabled and LGBT MPs.
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Prime Minister Theresa May speaks next, congratulating John Bercow on his election as Speaker.
"At least someone got a landslide," she jokes.
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Harriet Harman welcomed as "Mother of the House"
Theresa May not only welcomes Father of the House Ken Clarke but breaks with tradition to welcome "the returning mother of the House" - Labour MP Harriet Harman.
Ms Harman has been the MP for Peckham - later Camberwell and Peckham - since 1982.
Mrs May says this is "the most diverse and most representative Parliament in our history".
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Commons Speaker John Bercow has been dragged to the chair, as is the tradition, and begins by welcoming Tory former chancellor Kenneth Clarke as father of the house and "back here in rude health".
Mr Bercow, who was elected unopposed, congratulated MPs who have been re-elected, and paid tribute to the 87 members newly elected for the first time.
"Whatever else you have done or will do in the course of your careers, there will be no greater honour than that which you have just attained as an elected member of Parliament," he said.
"Rest assured the speaker will look out for you and will be very keen sooner rather than later ... to hear from you."
Theresa May praised Mr Bercow for his success, joking: "At least someone got a landslide."
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MPs roar their approval and John Bercow is elected Speaker without dissent.
He is dragged to the Speaker's chair by Labour MP Alison McGovern and Conservatives Helen Grant and Peter Bottomley.
Image source, PAMichael Martin dragged to the chair in 2000
The Speaker-elect is physically “dragged” to the chair by the two MPs who proposed and seconded their nomination, a custom which symbolises an unwillingness to take up the chair.
Historically, previous Speakers required some gentle persuasion to assume the chair as the life expectancy of the Speaker could be rather short.
Until the 17th Century, the Speaker was often an agent of the monarch and would relay the decisions of the Commons. If the monarch didn’t like what they heard, the Speaker was often blamed, and they could meet a swift and sudden end.
This relationship with the monarch made the role of Speaker quite perilous - seven Speakers were executed by beheading between 1399 and 1535.
Newly elected speakers in the Parliaments of Canada, Australia and New Zealand are also dragged to the chair in exactly the same way.
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"There is no greater honour than that which you have just attained as an elected member of Parliament," John Bercow tells new MPs.
"Rest assured that the Speaker will look out for you."
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John Bercow is re-elected as new Commons Speaker.
Former Conservative minister Cheryl Gillan is proposing John Bercow for re-election as Commons Speaker.
She says the Buckingham MP "has shown himself to be utterly impartial and fearless in defending the House of Commons from all comers".
Mr Bercow has made Parliament "accessible to over 100,000 school children each year" and is a"devoted and hard working champion for his constituents in Buckingham", she says.
Commenting on Mr Bercow's height - he is 1.68m - she quipped: "Perhaps it's true good things do come in small packages."
Mrs Gillan concedes that Mr Bercow "annoys members of all front benches from time to time", but has served the Commons "with great strength and fortitude" and has the "ability to recall obscure information on members".
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