For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.

I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

There's no point in worrying about things you can't influence.

Fairness is not about statistical equality.

It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.

I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.