All previous Speakers have automatically been given peerages upon their retirement and sat in the House of Lords. It has also been reported Mr Bercow will be in demand on the lecture circuit.

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This has been the case since King Charles I tried to arrest five MPs in 1642, and the speaker at the time (William Lenthall) refused to tell him where they were. The House of Lords has its own ...