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Here's a round-up of the main political stories of the day:

- David Cameron backs calls for Sepp Blatter to quit as Fifa president

- Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says David Cameron will warn European leaders that Britain will vote to leave the EU unless they agree to his reforms

- Labour's general secretary objects to a bid by former firebrand councillor Derek Hatton to rejoin the party

- Former MP George Galloway announces that he will seek election as the next mayor of London

- And a heron causes a stir by paying a flying visit to Downing Street

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Green MP Caroline Lucas has tabled an Early Day Motion, external calling on the government to give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote in the EU referendum. Ministers have said the franchise will not be extended but Ms Lucas says the referendum will have a "huge impact" on young people's futures so it's "only right" they have a say. The motion has attracted six cross-party signatures so far.

EDMs are essentially proposals for debate but very rarely does one take place. So instead they are used to allow MPs to express their opinion on a subject and to canvass support for their views.

Alex Salmond, who is surrounded by a large number of his party's MPs, raises concerns of safety at the naval base, citing allegations made by a Royal Navy submariner who claimed there had been serious security and safety breaches on board one of the vessels.

Mr Salmond says "more comprehensive" information is needed than the defence secretary's 500-word written statement - something the Gordon MP describes as "an insult not just to this House but to the intelligence of members of the public".

Another of the new camera angles in the Commons means we can now see the number of microphones hanging down to capture MPs' words of wisdom.

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MPs have wrapped up their debate on the Queen's Speech, meaning it's time for the final item of Commons business today: the adjournment debate.

It's being led by Alex Salmond - former SNP leader and first minister -  and is on HM Naval Base Clyde, where Britain's nuclear submarine programme is based. The SNP opposes Trident and wants it scrapped.

Sepp Blatter says the "thin minority" of those in football who are corrupt must be caught and held responsible. "There can be no place for corruption of any kind," he tells Fifa's congress.

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Some more on the Fifa story now. Sepp Blatter says he knows "many people" hold him responsible for the "actions and reputation of the global football community", including corruption claims. But he says: "I cannot monitor everyone all of the time" and adds: "If people want to do wrong they will... try to hide it." He says he must bear the responsibility to "find a way forward to fix things".

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Yvette Cooper has secured support from five more colleagues in her bid to become the party's next leader, putting her within touching distance of the 35 MP target she needs to get on the ballot paper, according to Huffington Post., external

They are: ex-Cabinet minister Liam Byrne, veteran backbencher Virendra Sharma and new MPs Judith Cummins, Ruth Cadbury and Marie Rimmer.

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David Cameron should "enjoy the warm embrace of a surprise victory while he can because in politics the honeymoons tend to be short-lived", writes Kevin Maguire in an article for The House magazine., external

The Daily Mirror's associate editor suggests the absence of a British Bill of Rights in the Queen's speech signals the PM is "already aware of his limitations" with a 12-seat majority. But he thinks Europe remains his "most serious headache".

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Baroness Helic, an adviser to William Hague when he was foreign secretary, has used her maiden speech to urge the government to continue its fight against sexual violence.

"It angers and saddens me that, 20 years after tens of thousands of women endured hell in rape camps in Bosnia, the world is tolerating the rampant abuse and enslavement of women and girls in Syria and that rape and torture are becoming preferred tools of militias and terrorist groups across the world with impunity," she told peers.

Recalling how she fled to Britain as a refugee from Bosnia in 1992, Lady Helic praised the welcome she received here.

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Eradicating poverty is the theme of new SNP MP Tommy Sheppard's maiden speech. He says he knows parts of his constituency where "aspiration has all but been extinguished, where families are living on the margins".

He also says that the SNP comes here "not to disrupt but to be constructive and to be good parliamentarians."

RMT union members at Network Rail are to go on strike next month after rejecting a pay offer.

They will hold a 24-hour strike from 17:00 BST on 4 June and a 48-hour strike from 17:00 BST on 9 June.

Read more here.

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You can wave your order papers, shout until you are purple in the face, hurl abuse across the chamber, join in with frankly weird displays of mass groaning or that elongated "hear, hear" thing they do.

But try joining your party comrades in a sincere appreciation of a point well made in the traditional way and you will have Speaker John Bercow on his feet telling you to respect the traditions of the House.

So why is applause banned in the Commons?  

More from new Labour MP Sir Keir Starmer's speech. He told MPs it was “ironic” that the government was considering scrapping the Human Rights Act in the year which marks the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.

It will be “those in low pay, those in poor housing, those with physical and mental health needs, the vulnerable, the put upon and the bullied” who will be “the losers if we abandon the guarantee of equal rights for all”, he said.

The Spectator

Over at The Spectator, external, James Forsyth looks at the challenges that may lie ahead for the prime minister in his attempts to secure EU reforms.

The Daily Politics

On the Daily Politics, Giles Dilnot heard from three MPs who were elected for the first time at this month's general election.

He spoke to Conservative Alan Mak, Labour's Helen Hayes and the SNP's Stephen Gethins about how they are finding life at Westminster.

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We've seen lots of new faces popping up in the Commons today, from the 2015 intake of MPs. Here's a selection.