[inaudible conversations] finally, i have heard admiringly to your 47 year tenure. It may come as a relief to colleagues to know that i have no intentions to seek to serve anything like that. [laughter] either as a parliamentarian or in the chair as speaker. That said, we appear to be destined for testing times i offer myself to the upper house as the speaker. Think you for those kind remarks and referring to my longevity which is not controversial. I beg to move the right honorable john do take the chair of the house and speaker in my belated congratulations to the right honorable member. So when we sadly lost another member the leader of the opposition said to politics sandoval the of the departments of state drought yearlong and distinguished career with his to your resiliency preside over the openings today over the al election of a new speaker. Of those were naturally familiar were pleased to welcome new members. Whether they may not realize is under his name the speaker was the a