Minister, and to rose hudson wilkins, our wonderful chaplain, for accompanying me to the vigil for jo last friday. At the priestly statute in the center of that lovely town. We, all of us, were moved by the energy and warmth of the crowd brought together in grief and solidarity. Ive been very moved when the public outpourings since her death. The hundreds of letters and emails weve all received in solidarity with joes family in their hour of grief. And by the outpouring of charitable donations to causes close to her heart, hope not hate, and the royal voluntary services. Last night my honorable friend the member for south and myself held a vigil outside our townhall. One of hundreds of vigils attended by tens of thousands of people the right across our land who are so shocked i what happened, and what to express that shock and grief. Also what you think of the parties in this house who offered their sympathy and support at this very difficult time. We united in grief at her loss, and we must be aware her killing is an attack on our democracy. It is an attack on our whole society. As our honorable friend the member for world south wrote recently, jos life was a demonstration against despair. And in her tragic death we can come together to change our politics, to tolerate a little more and condemn a little less. Jos grieving husband brendan said, jo believed in a better world, and she fought for it every day of her life within energy and a zest for life that would exhaust most people. Today we remember chose compassion, and a passion to create a better world. And in her honor, mr. Speaker, we recommit ourselves to that. Thank you. Here, here. The prime minister. Thank you, mr. Speaker. We are here today to remember an extraordinary colleague and friend your jo cox was a voice of compassion those irrepressible spirit and palestinians are you let up the lives of all who knew here are come and save the lives of many she never ever met. Today we grief or loss and we hold in our hearts and prayers her husband brendan come her parents and sister, and her two children who were just three and five years old. We express our anger at the sickening and despicable attacks that killed her and she did her job serving her constituents on the streets. Let me join the leader of the opposition in his moving words in praising bernard and all those who tried to safer. But above all in this house we pay tribute to a loving, determined, passionate a progressive politician who epitomized the best of humanity, and to prove so often the power of politics to make our world a better place. I first met jo in 2006 in darfur. She was doing what she was so brilliant at, bravely working in one of the most dangerous parts of the world, fighting for the lives of refugees. Our decision to welcome me, then a conservative leader of the opposition, had not been entirely welcomed by all our colleagues and friends but it was typical of her determination to Reach Across Party Lines on issues that she thought was so much more important than party politics. Jo was a humanitarian tumor core. A passion and brilliant campaigner whose grit and determination to fight for justice saw her time and time again driving issues of the agenda in making people listen, and above all, act. Architecture to conflict in sudan and the democratic republic of congo, helping to expose the despicable practice of rape in war. Or worked with senator brown and cutting mortality in childbirth, her support for refugees fleeing the war in syria. Quite simply, the people on our planet today who are only here and alive because of jo. Jo is a committed democrat and a passionate feminist. She spent years encouraging and supporting women around the world to stand for office long before she did so herself. When she was a was elected as an mp just over a year ago, she said to one of our colleagues that she did not just want to be known for flying around the world tackling International Issues but that she had a profound duty to stand up for the people in her constituency and she was as good as a worker as she sat in her maiden speech, jo was proud to be made in yorkshire industry the area in which she had grown up. She belonged there and did a constituency of a truly multiethnic, multifaith communities she made people feel that they belong to, too. Chose politics were inspired i love, and outpouring and unity of the tributes weve seen in the past few days should the ordinary reach and impact of her message. For remembering jo we showed today what she said in this house to be true, and an ability quoted many, many times today, we are far more united and have far more in common with each other than things that divide us. This wednesday as the lead of the opposition said, it wouldve been jo 42nd birthday and to be a global celebration of her life and values. Simulcast events in new york, washington, london, brussels, geneva and beirut. She should have been celebrating her birthday by hosting a traditional summer solstice party. A reminder that behind the professional was a loving and fun mother, daughter, sister, wife and friend. With a warm welcoming smile and so often laughter in her voice. Jo brought people together she saw the best in people and she brought out the best in them. Her brave adventure and 18 climate and she was never daunted. When most people hear replace the inaccessible pinnacle, they leave it well alone. Not jo. She didnt just climate. She did so despite a bad case of morning sickness. And it was their irrepressible spirit that helped to give her such determination and focus into politics. A conservative colleague of mine said this weekend if you lost your way for a moment in the cut and thrust of political life, meeting jo would remind you why you went into politics in the first place. Track to the been summoned moving tribute in the past few days, but for now like to quote from someone already mentioned, the honorable member, jo, we mourn your loss, yet know the august at fort is unbreakable. We promised to stand up even though we are broken. We promised we would never be cowed by hate. Mr. Speaker, they we and the generations of numbers that follow was in this house under jos memory by proving that the democracy and freedoms jo stood for our indeed unbreakable by continue to stand up for our constituents and by uniting against the hatred that killed her, today and forever more. Here, here. Rachel reads. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I stand today to honor a friend and a colleague. Along with shock, anger and grief, i have very many fond memories of jo. Jo and i knew each other for around 10 years, and i knew her husband for longer than that. We first met at a conference about 18 years ago and it was the brendan that i first met on flickr i remember them coming on for dinner at the house my husband and i in london i remember worrying i had drunk too much wine early in the evening and i realized it was the boat that was swaying and not me. [laughter] im a member talking with jo about her future shortly after i became an mp. She was thinking about stand for parliament has spent a day shadowing me in my constituency, talking to constituents about the problems, campaigning with Party Members and conducting meetings to by the end of the day off on the people were not sure who the mp was and who was doing the shadowing. Jo hadawa had a way with peoplee relating to people from all walks of life, should real way of doing that. Her name hesitation about the parliamentary career was her young family. She worried as many of us do about whether he to be a great mp and a great mom at the same time. But when the opportunity came up to represent her own seat, jo felt a special responsibility to step up and do what she could for the place where she was born, grew up and went to school, a place jo called home. Jo wanted to make the world more fair, more equal, more tolerant and more generous. We all have their instincts. Joke appealed to our better instincts. Our sense that as she said in her maiden speech, what we have in common is greater than what divides us. On friday morning, less than 24 hours after jo was killed i sat in a coffee shop just a few minutes away from where jo had been murdered. A woman came over to me and said she had not known jo but that her death had made want to be a bit more like her. A better person, a better mother, a better daughter. It is ironic that after troubling the world some of the most damaged warravaged places in the world, jo died so near to her home. But she died doing the job that she loved in a place that she loves representing the people that sheloved. Her mom and dad said to me that you would not have changed a thing. She lived the life that she wanted to live, injecting her moms words she had so much more that she could have done. Jo was struck down much too soon. So it now falls on all of our shoulders, the woman i met in a coffee shop, jos friend in peace, all of us, to carry on jos work. To combat and guard against hatred, intolerance and injustice, to serve others with dignity and love. Thats the best we can remember jo at all that she stood for. But last let me say this. They were going to elect a new mp but no one can replace jo. Mr. Andrew mitchell. Mr. Speaker, today we mourn the terrible loss of our friend and colleague jo, so tragically murdered as she went about her constituency duties last thursday. Her life has been taken over to exceptional woman whose goodness and passionate dedication to humanitarian values as inspired us all. I knew her as a friend, but how unbearable it be for those who mourn her as a daughter, sister, husband, and above all, as their beloved mom who they used to visit for tea each week. I first met jo 10 years ago in london when we marched against injustice in darfur. Addon to this is in darfur, where she helped to develop essentially managerial role for oxfam. The leader of the opposition as he did, and i stayed there with her, and other humanitarian workers, and witnessed her crucial role for oxfam and supporting women and children come effort during water for thousands of refugees in the camps. She gave me the green wristband. I wear it still, to ensure that we remember that people caught up in what president bush rightfully described as a genocide. And it is amongst her many friends and colleagues in the International Humanitarian and development family, all around the world, of which she was such a respected and experienced member, that she will be mourned and remembered as a staunch friend of the most desperate and deprived in our world. And as a campaigner against injustice. When she entered this house with just 13 short months ago she rapidly used her deep knowledge to champion the dispossessed. She was labour to our fingertips, but russ is fully dismissive from Party Political maneuvering, which she saw as a barrier to progress. Making common core with a crusty old tory [laughter] she and i became cochairs of the all Party Friends of syria. And she was brave. Her energy and effectiveness were an inspiration. We invited ourselves to tea with the Russian Ambassador in his london residence. With clever charm but steely determination, this fivefoot bundle of oldfashioned yorkshire commonsense rest him down for his countrys cruelty and cynicism in syria. I do not believe the Russian Ambassador will easily forget that visit. Mr. Speaker, i think im many things jo would want us to remember this afternoon. May i mention just a few . I do not believe she would want this vile and unspeakable act to change the open and accessible relationship we enjoy with our constituents. Here, here. All of us take the advice of our local police in protecting those who work and support us. Thankfully, the record shows these attacks are as infrequent as they are disgraceful. Secondly, jo would want us in this house to redouble our efforts to resolve the greatest catastrophe of our age, the crisis in syria where lives of more than 11 Million People have been ruined, while the International Community has shown itself is organized, ineffective. But, mr. Speaker, i mourn jo today as a friend and as a colleague, but most of all i mourn for her as a mother whose two gorgeous children will not have to charge through life without the love and support of their wonderful, lovely mom. Here, here. Harriet harman. Thank you, mr. Speaker. I want i got to know jo after the 2010 generate election when she was elected to chair labour Womens Network which she did for four years come and she was regularly burst into the Office WithoutExtraordinary Energy she had and to all that they were doing to a labour women get elected to parliament, to give women a bigger voice in the party, and so many of the labour women who are here in this chamber today who were elected in 2015, and who so deeply our morning jos loss, women who under jos leadership, helped and supported. Not long after she had her son she came to get me one of those regular briefings and, of course, that they became also. I remember it because she literally didnt stop kissing and all the way through the meeting. And when she had her daughter, she was still there for the women who are trying to be, candidates, texting and support, phoning to commiserate if they didnt make it, urging them to try again. Her feminism, her solidarity with other women was a thread that ran through her and all her work in her cane or beet and for humanitarian causes. She always said to me emphatically that her children were priority above everything. But there was no dividing line between her maternal heart and a great political heart. Her children will grow up to know what an amazing woman their mother was. Mr. Speaker these are not my comments but many of the comments i heard from those i met. Conscience of time i want to make sure that our friends have the opportunity to speak. I make this short but heartfelt contribution. I first met joe over a year ago. It was not long past the general election and we were both appearing on the region sunday politics show. On arriving at the studio i was taken to the makeup room where joe was already sitting in the chair. The this to say i had to spend a lot longer in that chair than she did. [laughter] but as i walked in, joe looked up to me in the reflection of the mere with that wonderful smile that lit her whole face. In that instance, that split second i knew this was someone i was going to like enormously. I was not wrong. As we reported the program it was clear that we agreed with each other on a number of issues. Im sure the lack of political argument came as a huge disappointment. It is a testament to who she was but she got her point across effectively and calmly without the need for talking over people because when jo spoke, people listened. She was always passionate about the issues she cared about, never afraid afraid to stand up to those she felt needed a voice. She was also a proud yorkshire woman. We are proud of her. As i spent time over the weekend, it was clear that her constituents loved her. Almost everyone i spoke to had met her, quite an achievement in just a year. Another tribute continue to increase and you could see the outpouring for jo. People packed into the center, tribute after tribute spoken about one of the most outstanding members this house has. Many described her as a rising star. Personally i think she was a star full. They demonstrate the background from which many of the values came from. In the speeches we heard, she talked talked about how we are far more united and common than each other than things that divide us. In everything that she did she promoted those values. United communities and campaign for things that she cared so passionately about. In these last few days i have been amazed that the kindness and love expressed on social media, email, letters, cards and conversations to encourage so many messages of appreciation even for people who have opposing views. In her tragic death, jo is managing to achieve what she successfully did in her whole life. I am no i am not allowed in saying that i will miss her. I will miss her compassion, her determination, her conviction but above all i will miss her smile. Jo was a proud yorkshire lass and a beautiful yorkshire rose. My only regret is that i only knew her for a year. Here here. We have been friends for over 20 years. I will never forget her dashing around in her viking gear, grabbing her close and shouting something over her shoulder about her latest project or campaign. She often brought her lovely children to the office with her. If i was lucky i would get a dinosaur drawing or a chance to read them a story. They are wonderful kids who are truly bathed in love. The murder of jo cox was a National Tragedy but we must also remember the unspeakable personal suffering that has taken course. They have lost a loving mother, wife, daughter and sister. To speak of a fearless jo cox who never stops fighting for what is right. She gave voice to the voiceless. She spoke truth to power. She exemplified the best of our party and our country, compassion, community, solidarity and internationalism. She put her convictions to work for everyone she touched. For the people and the wretched of syria and victims of violence and injustice everywhere. She was fascinating because of what she was and what she stood for. Out of the deep darkness of joes death must now come the shining light of her legacy. Let us build the politics of hope, not fear, respects not hate. Unity, not division, mr. Speaker i can only imagine her reaction hours before her death. There were hungry terrified children begging from the terror of isis. She would have responded with outrage and without the calculated narrative of despair that it represents because she understood that rhetoric has consequences. When insecurity, fear and anger are used to light if use, then an explosion is inevitable. In the deeply moving tribute brandon cox made last night he urged the british people to unite and fight against the hatred that killed her. It is the politics of division and fear and the rhetoric that twist patriotism from other countries into an ugly loathing of others. We must now stand up for Something Better because of someone better. In the name of jo cox, all that is decent, we must not let this intimidate our democracy. We must work to build a more respectful and United Country because this is our time to honor the legacy of the proud yorkshire lass who dedicated her life for the common good and was so cruelly taken away from us in the prime of her life. Jo cox, we love you, we salute you and we shall never forget you. Here here. Jo cox was a politician who span continents and political party. Amongst other courses she campaigned alongside many of us on behalf of people with autism and with her death we have lost a powerful advocate. When i came into this house in 1992 i sat alongside this woman. She wa