‘Each tribute paints its own picture of a committed public servant of kindness, and a man whose decency touched everybody that he met.'
Sir David Amess was remembered as a ‘dedicated’, ‘kindhearted’ and ‘steadfast servant’ of British democracy in moving tributes by MPs today.
‘This House has lost a steadfast servant, we’ve lost a dear friend and colleague, and Julia and her children have lost a loving husband and devoted father. ‘Each tribute paints its own picture of a committed public servant of kindness, and a man whose decency touched everybody that he met. ‘I suggest that if we want to ensure that our colleague didn’t die in vain, we collectively all of us pick up the baton, regardless of our party and take the forthcoming Online Harms Bill and toughen it up markedly.
‘May his family and community today know the true depth of respect that he enjoyed across this House and may his gentle soul now rest in peace.’ Meanwhile, former Labour MP Paula Sherriff paid a beaming tribute to her ‘unlikely’ friend, with whom she bonded over passions for animals and women’s health issues.
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