Speaker (Commons) Related index terms Speaker (Commons) (this page) absence of access to the Queen addresses to the Queen addressing the House adjournments, ballot for and choice of adjourns House for grave disorder administrative duties admonishes or reprimands offenders amendments, selection of arrest of member, notified bills, disorderly bills, private, and Boundary Commissions, and calls members to speak casting vote certificates of devolved legislative competence certificates relating to Scottish bills certificates under Parliament Acts chaplain closure, powers Commission, House of Commons, Chair of committees, no opinion given in the House Commons, as representative of copyright counsel Court of Referees, appoints members criticism of death death of members announced by debate deputy devolved legislative competence, certificates of dilatory motion discretionary powers (putting of questions) disorder, powers to punish dissolution, duration of office after duties Ecclesiastical Committee, nominates election of Electoral Commission electoral law, conferences on emergency debates, and estimates, laid by Examiners, appoints financial procedure, role in formal communications by freedom of information and general committees, appoints Chairs general election, at galleries, and government, in relation to House of Commons Commission, and impartiality imprisonment of member, notified Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, and insolent letter to instructions jury service laying of papers leave of absence leaves Chair Lords, in relation to meeting of House, notice of earlier, by names a member oaths of Official Report, and Opposition, Leader of, determines order, powers to enforce origins of office of Palace of Westminster Panel of Chairs, appoints Parliament Acts, certificate under parliamentary agents, register of pension personal statements by members petitions, public, does not present points of order powers private rulings privilege prorogation Queen, in relation to Queen's recommendation, declines to put question on bill requiring Queen's speech, reports question, refuses to propose questions to questions to Ministers, control of rank of recall of members, and recall of the House reflections upon representing Commons reprimands or admonishes offenders resignation royal approbation of royal assent rulings salary Scottish bills, certificate seat, sometimes uncontested secretary select committees, allocation of Chair posts to parties selection of amendments selection of motions for instructions Serjeant at Arms, issues warrants to silence, heard in speeches, sets time limits staff in Speaker's Office, appoint statements to House statutory duties statutory instrument coming into force before laid, notified of Statutory Instruments Reference Committee, nominated by suspension, power of trainbearer urgent questions, and vacation of office Votes and Proceedings, and warrant for committal warrant, issue of during recess Westminster Hall words entered in Journal writs, and