The reply I received from the speaker Bercow!
With best wishes
Paul
www.force4justice.co.uk"Semper veritas"
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From: "TRAVIS, Grace" <
[email protected]>
Date: 9 February 2017 at 17:13:07 GMT
To: "fame
Subject: RE: The right to disqualify immigrants.
Mr Speaker has asked me to thank you for your email and to respond on his behalf.
Since 1965, the Speaker on behalf of the House of Commons, the Lord Speaker (from 2006, before that it would have been the Lord Chancellor) on behalf of the House of Lords, and the Lord Great Chamberlain on behalf of the Queen, have had joint responsibility for addresses made in Westminster Hall. The Speaker, in response to a Point of Order, explained the situation and set out his concerns on the matter as one of the “key holders” for Westminster Hall.
The Speaker appreciates that others may hold a different view of the matter. However, it is part of his role as Speaker to represent the views and concerns of his Parliamentary colleagues, as he did on this occasion, whilst it is the case that the Speaker must maintain neutrality with respect to legislation before the House, his role as a key holder for Westminster Hall requires a decision to be made. The making of a decision is, by definition, not a neutral act.
Mr Speaker would like to reassure you that the relationship between the United Kingdom and the United States is greatly valued.
Grace Travis | Secretary to the Speaker’s Secretary
House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA