UK's main parties focus on Brexit ahead of general election on 12 December
Departing MPs making final valedictory speeches in the Commons
Former Chancellor Philip Hammond announces his decision to quit as an MP
Earlier, Jo Swinson launched her party's campaign, promising a £50bn "Remain bonus"
Jeremy Corbyn made a speech setting out how Labour will "get Brexit sorted"
But the Conservatives called Labour's plans "fairy tale politics"
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The speeches have finished, and now MPs have begun voting for their next Speaker.
Ken Clarke, who is presiding over the process, says he hopes the result of the first ballot will be known 45 minutes after voting closes.
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Image source, HoCLabour's Harriet Harman, the longest-serving female MP, says she wants to reform the Speaker's powers to make them more "transparent and accountable to this House".
She says if elected, she would create an additional deputy speaker post for an MP drawn from one of the "minority" parties in Parliament.
Noting that the Commons has only had one female Speaker so far in 600 years, she adds that electing another woman would "show the country we have changed".
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The penultimate candidate to speak, current deputy speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, a Labour MP, says it is important to ensure MPs have the right to question ministers.
He says this is what he hopes he has achieved in his nine years as a deputy, and can continue to do if he is elected Speaker.
He promises to be a Speaker who is "trusted", and will end the "pecking order" regarding which MPs are called to speak during debates.
He also says he wants to finish a job he has started, to improve safety for MPs and staff who work on the parliamentary estate.
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But how much did John Bercow speak? See for yourselves:
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Another candidate, Labour's Meg Hillier, also promises to stand up for MPs and be a Speaker who "speaks less" in the chamber.
Reaching for a theatrical rather than a sporting metaphor, she also pledges to be impartial - saying the Speaker should be a "director, not an actor".
"I'm not a grandstanding politician [...] I would speak little," she says.
She promises to crack down on bullying of House of Commons staff, adding that it could become "the next expenses scandal" unless more is done.
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Another Conservative, Dame Eleanor Laing, also says the role of the Speaker should be to "seek consensus" rather than to "create division or rancour".
If elected Speaker, she says, she will "defend" MPs - noting she is "sad" that so many parliamentarians had decided to stand down at this election.
She also pledges to end the "overbearing structures" of Parliament which she says have contributed to a climate of bullying.
She adds that she wants to make the Speaker "more accountable".
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The first of the Tory candidates for Speakership, Sir Edward Leigh, says his 33 years as a backbencher have been "pretty good training" for the role.
His also gives a similar view of the Speaker's role to the first two candidates, saying the occupant should be a "dignified and quiet voice" in the chamber.
He promises to give backbenchers a "fair crack of the whip" when speaking in debates.
He also says a temporary chamber should be erected whilst the scheduled refurbishment of Parliament takes place.
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Another Labour MP putting himself forward for the Speaker role, Chris Bryant, says many people think Parliament in recent times has become a "bit of a bear pit".
He pledges to be a Speaker that will "return to the rule book" and not have "favourites". The role, he says, requires being an "umpire, not a player".
He says he wants to make sure Prime Minister's Questions takes no more than 30 mins, and to bring an end to the recent tradition of clapping in the chamber.
MPs should wave their order papers instead, he says.
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Image source, HoCOver at the election for the role of speaker, Dame Rosie says she thinks the job is to "facilitate debate", not to "dominate proceedings" or "speak for Parliament".
The Speaker also has a role helping different parties "find a way through" parliamentary logjams, she says - adding this is what she has done over her career as an MP.
She wants to "douse the flames, not pour petrol on them", she says.
Turning to more procedural matters, she says events in Parliament such as urgent questions and Prime Minister's Questions should not "take hours".
Continuing his speech, Mr Farage says: "Jacob Rees-Mogg - who I like personally - said this morning the Brexit Party should stand aside and leave it to the Conservatives.
"What kind of conceited arrogance is this? That we're seeing from a party who, without the referendum party moving them in the 90s on the euro, without Ukip forcing them into giving a referendum and without the Brexit Party, will never deliver Brexit."
"There will be no Brexit without the Brexit Party," he adds.
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Over in the House of Commons, MPs will shortly be voting to elect John Bercow's successor as Speaker.
Before the voting gets under way, each of the seven remaining candidates will be able to deliver a short speech.
The longest-serving MP, ex-Tory MP Ken Clarke, will preside over the process - with a result not expected until later this afternoon or even into the evening.
Labour MP Dame Rosie Winterton will be the first to speak.
Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage describes Theresa May's Brexit deal as "the most abject surrender".
"It was a document that you would only have signed if you had been beaten in war. It was utterly shameful and thank goodness it got defeated," he says.
MEP Richard Tice outlines some the themes of the Brexit Party's forthcoming campaign, which he says will go beyond the issue of Brexit itself.
He says the party will be campaigning for reform of the "dodgy" and "corrupt" postal voting system, and there should be "proper political scrutiny" for Supreme Court judges.
He also says foreign aid should be redirected to deliver investments in "the regions".
Image source, UK POOLIn London, Brexit Party MEP Richard Tice is speaking at an event to unveil the party's prospective candidates for the general election.
He says the party will have a "massive impact" on the outcome of the election, because of the "pressure" it has put on Labour and the Conservatives.
The election, he adds, will mark the end of the current "zombie Parliament".
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John Woodcock resigned from the Labour Party last year, saying that the party had been "taken over by the hard left" and "tolerated" anti-Semitism.
The Barrow and Furness MP is in a relationship with political journalist Isabel Hardman.
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MPs are hearing from PayPal about how online payments systems are changing the way people donate to political parties and campaigns.
Eva Gustavsson and Richard Nash, from the payments firm, are answering questions from the digital, culture, media and sport sub-committee on disinformation.
The Electoral Commission says there is a legal duty on parties to check every payment they obtain online to ascertain the source of the donation and "not to accept any that they are not entitled to".
Back in June, it was found that the Brexit Party's online funding system was at "high risk" of accepting ilegal donations.