Parliament to be recalled on Monday in mark of respect to murdered MP Jo Cox

Tributes: Jeremy Corbyn and David Cameron lay flowers in Birstall
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Laura Proto17 June 2016

Parliament is to be recalled on Monday as a sign of respect to murdered MP Jo Cox.

Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn appeared in Birstall on Friday with Prime Minister David Cameron and House of Commons speaker John Bercow to pay tribute to the Labour MP who was shot dead there on Thursday.

After laying flowers close to where Mrs Cox was gunned down, Mr Corbyn announced Parliament will be recalled on Monday.

MPs are not currently sitting after beginning a 12-day recess on Wednesday, but members will have to attended Parliament for the sitting next week.

Tributes: The Labour Party leader and Prime Minister laid flowers in memory of Labour MP Jo Cox 
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Speaking from Birstall, Mr Corbyn said: "I have asked the Prime Minister and the Speaker for the recall of Parliament on Monday and they have accepted that request.

"Parliament will be recalled on Monday so that we can pay due tribute to her [Mrs Cox] on behalf of everybody in this country who values democracy, values the right of free speech and values the right of political expression."

Paying tribute to his colleague, the Labour Party leader said: "She was taken from us in an act of hatred, in a vile act that has killed her. It is an attack on democracy what happened yesterday. It is the well of hatred that killed her.

"She leaves behind a husband who made a truly wonderful statement yesterday, a statement saying that in her memory we would try to conquer hatred with love and with respect.

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"She also leaves behind two young children who will never see their mother again. They will only be able to grow up knowing what she was, what she stood for and what she achieved."

The Prime Minister also paid tribute to Mrs Cox.

He said: "The most profound thing that's happened is that two children have lost their mother, a husband has lost a loving wife.

"And of course, Parliament has lost one of its most passionate and brilliant campaigners, someone who epitomised the fact that politics is about serving others.

"Today our nation is rightly shocked and it is a moment to stand back and think about some of the things that are so important about out country."

Earlier today, Mr Corbyn was among MPs who laid flowers and candles in Parliament Square in memory of Mrs Cox.

Floral tributes have also been laid at Mrs Cox's houseboat in Wapping.

Mrs Cox died on Thursday after being shot three times and stabbed repeatedly as she walked to a constituency surgery.

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