In Parliament

Eleanor was elected Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in October 2013.

Before becoming Deputy Speaker, Eleanor was a member of the influential Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee and Chairman of the 1922 Home and Constitutional Affairs Committee. Always deeply involved in parliamentary reform, she was a member of the controversial Joint Committee on the House of Lords, the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission. She has also held a variety of opposition spokesman roles - as Shadow Minister for Constitutional Affairs, Shadow Minister for Equality, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Shadow Education Minister and Opposition Whip.

She was a regular contributor to House of Commons debates and you can see her speeches and debate interventions here. Since being elected Deputy Speaker, Eleanor can no longer take part in the debate but, of course, chairs debates on a daily basis.

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Eleanor Laing welcomes Succession to the Crown Bill

22nd January 2013

Eleanor Laing welcomes the Bill which will change the rules on the line of royal succession, but questions the need t

Eleanor Laing questions Prime Minister on timing of changes to royal line of succession

5th December 2012

Eleanor Laing receives reassurance from the Prime Minister that new rules on the line of royal succession will be put

Eleanor Laing welcomes Mobile Homes Bill Third Reading

30th November 2012

Eleanor Laing welcomes the Third Reading of the Mobile Homes Bill which will now progress to the House of Lords.

Scotland and the Union: “we are better off together”

29th November 2012

Eleanor Laing leads a Parliamentary debate on Scotland and the Union and tells MPs “Scotland is better off as part of

Following women bishops vote, MP questions Church of England’s continued position as the national church

22nd November 2012

Responding to the decision by the General Synod on women bishops, Eleanor Laing asks if the established Church delibe

MP asks about ECHR sanctions should they rule UK has not complied with judgment on prisoner voting

22nd November 2012

Following the Government statement on European Court of Human Rights’ judgments on prisoner voting, Eleanor Laing ask

MP calls for Scottish referendum legislation to be given sufficient consideration in Parliament

22nd November 2012

Eleanor Laing calls for any debate on giving the Scottish Parliament the power to conduct a referendum - a significan

All public sector organisations should sign up to Prompt Payment Code says MP

8th November 2012

Eleanor Laing backs a call by Basildon MP, Stephen Metcalfe, for public sector organisations to sign up to the Prompt

Eleanor Laing condemns Ofsted procedures that allow nursery’s re-registration to hide the fact that a child died

1st November 2012

Eleanor Laing leads a Parliamentary debate on the tragic case of two-and-a-half-year-old Rhiya Malin who died in the

Eleanor Laing calls for EU action to tackle Ash Dieback Disease

29th October 2012

Speaking in a debate on Government action to tackle ash dieback disease, Eleanor Laing calls for the EU to do more to

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