议长含泪辞职：我无愧无悔！再也听不到议长大人的魔性order了...(视音频+中英全文)

I would like to make a personal statement to the House. At the 2017 election I promised my wife and children, that it would be my last. This is a pledge that I intend to keep.

各位同僚：我想发表一份个人声明。2017年大选时，我便向妻儿承诺，这是我最后一次竞选议长。如今，我将遵守这一诺言。

If the House votes tonight for an early General Election, my tenure as Speaker and MP will end when this Parliament ends. If the House does not so vote, I have concluded that, the least disruptive and most democratic course of action would be for me stand down at the close of business on Thursday, 31 October.

若下议院今晚投票表决，支持提前大选，那我作为议长及议员的职责，将随本届议会的终止而结束。若投票结果反之，我已得出结论，秉持让负面影响最小化、民主精神最大化的原则，我将于10月31日周四结束工作后，正式卸任。

Least disruptive because that date will fall shortly after the votes on the Queen's speech, expected on 21 and 22 October. The week also after that may be quite lively, and it would be best to have an experienced figure in the Chair for that short period.

之所以说负面影响最小，是因为该日期，就在女王议会开幕演讲后不久，预期10月21日或22日。且接下来那一周，辩论可能较为激烈，由一位经验丰富的议长，在短时期内主持议事大局，或许是最佳选择。 

Most democratic, because it will mean that a ballot is held when all Members have some knowledge of the candidates. This is far preferable to a contest at the beginning of a Parliament when new MPs will not be similarly informed, and may find themselves vulnerable to undue institutional influence. We would not want anyone to be whipped senseless, would we?

之所以说，民主精神最大化，是因为，在议员对议长候选人了解更为深入后，再进行投票选举，这比在议会开幕之初便进行议长选举，要更为可取。因为新上任的议员并不清楚状况，也更容易受到过多的制度性影响。我们都不希望议员收到投票指令，被党鞭左右，对吧？

Throughout my time as Speaker, I have sought to increase the relative authority of this legislature, for which I will make absolutely no apology to anyone, anywhere, at any time. To deploy a perhaps dangerous phrase, I have also sought to be the backbencher's backstop.

在我任职议长期间，我一直竭尽所能，强化这一立法机构的权威性。对此，我心中无愧，无悔。无论何时何地，对何人何事，我都坦坦荡荡。说句可能有些危险的话，我一直致力于成为后排议员的“坚强后盾”。

【注释：议长故意套用脱欧词汇backstop（北爱尔兰边境保障措施），暗讽前排内阁成员，也暗讽政府脱欧措施。】

I could not do so without the support of a small but superb team in Speaker's House, the wider House staff, my Buckingham constituents, and above all my wife, Sally, and our three children, Oliver, Freddy and Jemima.

我之所以能做到这一切，首先要归功于议长背后团队强有力的支持，还有下议院全体员工，和白金汉区所有选民。尤其要感谢我的妻子萨莉，还有我们的三个孩子，奥利弗、弗雷迪和杰迈玛。

From the bottom of my heart, I thank them all profusely. I could also not have served without the repeated support of this House, and its Members past and present. This is a wonderful place filled overwhelmingly by people, who are motivated by their notion of the national interest by their perception of the public good, and by their duty, not as delegates, but as representatives, to do what they believe is right for our country.

我要发自肺腑地对他们的支持，表示深深感激。此外，我还要感谢下议院长期以来支持我的各位议员，无论是前任议员，还是现任议员。这个伟大的地方，聚集着一群伟大的人。他们怀揣着对国家的使命感来到这里，为国家利益和公共福祉殚精竭虑。他们并非作为会议代表，履行职责；而是作为人民代表，践行着有益于国家的行动。

We degrade this Parliament at our peril. I have served as a Member of Parliament for 22 years, and for the last 10 as Speaker. This has been, let me put it explicitly, the greatest privilege and honour of my professional life, for which I will be eternally grateful. I wish my successor in the Chair the very best fortune, in standing up for the rights of Hon. and Right Hon. Members individually and for Parliament institutionally as the Speaker of the House of Commons. Thank you.

任意剥夺议会尊严，这是极其危险的。我任下议院议员已有22年，近10年来一直担任议长。我发自肺腑地说一句，这是我职业生涯中，无上的荣光，至上的荣耀。我会毕生心怀感恩。  希望我的继任者，未来一切顺利。望其作为下议院议长，坚定捍卫每一位议员的权利，坚定捍卫议会的权威与尊严。谢谢。

[Hon. Members]: Point of Order!

[其他议员]: 议事程序问题！

Mr Speaker: Colleagues, you really a very very very generous bunch of people indeed. And thank you on both sides of House for the expression of support which I richly appreciate. I love this place. You love this place. And we look forward to the future with interest, anticipation and enthusiasm. Point of order, the Leader of the Opposition, Mr Jeremy Corbyn!

议长：各位同僚，你们真是一群胸襟开阔，豁达大度的人！感谢下议院双方阵营，对你们给予的支持，我深表感激，我热爱这里，你们也热爱这里，且让我们怀揣兴趣，期待与热情，展望下议院的未来！议事程序问题，反对党领袖，科尔宾！

Jeremy Corbyn: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I would put on record my thanks to you as being a superb Speaker of this House, my thanks to you as a colleague in Parliament, and my thanks to your family for the way, in which they have supported you through often very difficult times when many of the media have been very unfair on you. And your two sons are getting good at football. I did some kicks with them in Speaker’s Court the other day, and I was very impressed, actually. They are coming on well. And I know you support the same club as me.

杰里米·科尔宾：谢谢您，议长大人。首先，我要正式向您表达谢意，您是一位杰出的下议院议长，您是一位了不起的下议院议员。同时，我也要向您的家人致谢。在您遭受来自英国媒体的诸多不公待遇时，是他们一直支持您，陪您度过那些艰难时刻。您的两个儿子最近球技见涨，那天在议长前院里，我跟他俩切磋了一下。讲真，踢得很不错，技术又精进了不少。我知道，咱俩都是同一个队的球迷。

【注释：科尔宾和议长都支持阿森纳】

Jeremy Corbyn: But Mr Speaker, in your role as Speaker, you have totally changed the way in which the job has been done. You've reached out to people across the whole country. You visited schools, you visited factories, you visited offices; you've talked to people about the role of Parliament and democracy. I've never forgotten you coming to City and Islington College in my constituency, and spending the morning with me talking to a group of students, all of whom had learning difficulties, and we discussed with them the roles of democracy and Parliament.

杰里米·科尔宾：议长大人，作为下议院议长，您完全改变了这一职位的工作方式。您走访全国各地，与民众深入接触。您走入中小学校，参观工地工厂，到访各地办事处。您与人们亲切交谈，讨论议会与民主。我永远都忘不了，您到访我所在选区的伊斯灵顿城市学院。整个上午，我们与那里的学生交谈。他们是一群患有学习障碍的孩子。我们共同探讨了民主与议会的职责。

Jeremy Corbyn: You have taken absolutely on board the words of Speaker Lenthall, that you are there to be guided and act on behalf of our Parliament. This Parliament is the stronger for your being Speaker. Our democracy is the stronger for your being the Speaker. Whatever you do when you finally step down from Parliament, you do so with the thanks of a very large number of people, and as one who has made the role of Speaker in the House more powerful, not less powerful. I welcome that. As somebody who aspires to hold Executive office, I like the idea of a powerful Parliament holding the Executive to account; it is something I have spent the last 35 years doing myself.

杰里米·科尔宾：您真正做到了威廉·伦索尔议长当年所说的话，您是我们议会的引路人，您是我们议会的践行者。正因为您是议长，这座议会才变得更强大；正因为您是议长，我们的民主才变得更强大。无论您从议会卸任后将会做些什么，一直都会有许多人，对您充满感激之情。是您成就了下议院议长这一角色，使之变得愈发强大，我对此表示欢迎。作为一个渴望担任行政职务的人，我欣赏强而有力的议会，会使行政部门担责，这也是我从政35年来一直在做的事情。

Jeremy Corbyn: So, Mr Speaker, enjoy the last short period in your office, but it's going to be one of the most dramatic there has been. And I think your choice of timing and date is incomparable, and will be recorded in the history books of parliamentary democracy. Mr Speaker, on behalf of the Labour party, I thank you for your work in promoting democracy and this House. Thank you!

杰里米·科尔宾：议长大人，尽情享受您任期最后的短暂时光吧！虽然这估计是英国政坛，最鸡飞狗跳的一段日子。您选择离任的日期和时间，简直令人拍案叫绝。这必将作为英国议会民主之举记入史册。议长大人，我谨代表工党向您致敬！感谢您为促进下议院民主所做出的一切！谢谢！

Mr Speaker: Thank you. I just say to the right hon. Gentleman, the Leader of the Opposition, that he is very much more experienced and senior than I, but I think that as Back Benchers in our respective parties, we did have quite a lot in common. Certainly, speaking for myself, as a Back Bencher, and frequently as an Opposition Front Bencher. I found that I had a relationship with my Whips characterised by trust and understanding, I didn’t trust them and they didn’t understand me. Point of order, the Minister for the Cabinet Office. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Mr Michael Gove.

议长：谢谢！我想对这位阁下，反对党领袖说，他比我的从政经验更丰富，政治履历也更深厚，但在我们还是各自党派的后排议员时，我们确实曾有过许多共同之处。诚然，就我自己而言，任后排议员时，通常都是反对派的后排议员，我发现自己与党鞭之间的关系，可以用"信任"和"理解" 这两个词来形容：我从不信任他们，他们也从不理解我。议事程序问题！有请内阁办公室大臣，兰开斯特公爵领地事务大臣，迈克尔·戈夫。

Michael Gove: Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. I would like perhaps for the first time to associate myself wholeheartedly with the comments of the Leader of the Opposition. Since you entered the House of Commons in 1997, it has been clear to everyone who has seen you work as a diligent constituency MP, an effective Back Bencher and also a tenacious Front Bencher in your time, that you love this House of Commons, you love our democracy, and your commitment to your principles and your constituents is unwavering, and an example to others.

迈克尔·戈夫：议长大人，非常感谢。这估计是我人生第一次，诚心诚意地，对反对党领袖的言论表示赞同。自您于1997年加入下议院起，每一位见证过您工作的人都非常清楚，您是勤勤恳恳的选区议员，干劲十足的后排议员，也是锲而不舍的前排议员。您对这座下议院，您对议会民主，满腔热忱。您对自己的原则，对选民的承诺，坚定不移，毫不动摇。您为他人树立了榜样。

Michael Gove: It is the case this evening I shall vote with many of my colleagues for an early general election. I hope you will not take that personally, Mr Speaker, because I have no wish to prematurely truncate your time in the Chair, cuz it is the case however controversial the role of a backstop may be in other areas, your role as the Back Benchers’ backstop has certainly been one that's being appreciated by individuals across this House.

迈克尔·戈夫：今晚，我将与许多同僚一道，投票支持提前大选。议长大人，望您别介怀，这并非针对您个人。就我个人而言，从未想过要缩减您任议长的时间。无论"保障后盾"这个词，在另外某个领域的争议性有多大，您作为后排议员的"坚强后盾"，定会得到下议院全员的赞同与欣赏。

Michael Gove: I have spent much, though not all, of the last 10 years as a member of the Executive, but I have also been a Back Bencher in this House, and I have personally appreciated the way in which you've always sought to ensure that the Executive answer for their actions. And I think history will record the way in which you have used, the urgent question procedure and other procedures to hold the Executive to account have restored life and vigour to Parliament, and in so doing, you have been in the very best tradition of Speakers.

迈克尔·戈夫：过去10年内的大部分时间里，我都是担任行政职务。我也曾任下议院后排议员。我个人十分欣赏您处理问题的方式。您永远都竭力确保行政部门必对自己的行径负责。我认为历史将会铭记，您曾利用紧急提问议程和其他议程，追究行政部门的责任。此举为议会注入生机，并恢复活力。就此而言，您绝对堪称最具优良传统的议长。

Michael Gove: Now it is the case as the member of the Executive, that from time to time, those of us on this side of the House might have bridled at some of the judgments you have made, but I have never been in any doubt, Mr Speaker that you have operated on the basis that the Executive must be answerable to this House, in the same way as this House is answerable to the people. You have done everything in your power in order to ensure not just the continued but the underlined relevance of this place. Your love of democracy is transparent in everything that you say and do, and as such, I want, on behalf of myself as an individual, and on behalf of the Conservative party, to thank you.

迈克尔·戈夫：不过，作为行政部门的一员，我们政府这方，确实可能会时不时地对您做出的某些决断，感到愤怒不已。但议长大人，我从未有过一丝怀疑，您这么做，是基于行政机关必须向下议院负责，正如下议院必须对人民负责一样。您竭尽所能，不遗余力，以确保下议院的延续性和重要。您的所有言行，都一目了然地体现了您对民主的热爱。因此，我谨代表个人，也代表整个保守党，向您表示感谢。 

Michael Gove: And as a fellow parent of pupils at a distinguished west London comprehensive, can I also say how important it is that discipline is maintained in this House? And your energetic efforts to do so are appreciated even by those of us who may not always be the best behaved in class.

迈克尔·戈夫：鉴于咱俩同为西伦敦一所著名小学的学生家长，我要说一句，在下议院维持纪律，真的无比重要！即便像我们这种，在课堂上从不老实听话的学生，也非常欣赏您为此所做的积极努力。 

Mr Speaker: Well I thank the right hon. Gentleman. That was characteristically generous and gracious of him. At the risk of inflicting some damage upon his otherwise flourishing political career, I have on more than one occasion paid public tribute to the quality of the right hon. Gentleman. One of the reasons why he doesn’t complain about urgent questions being granted, to which he has at short notice to answer, is the fact that the right hon. Gentleman is quick enough, bright enough, sharp enough, fair-minded enough, articulate enough and dextrous enough, to be able to cope with whatever is thrown at him.

议长：谢谢这位阁下。这段发言体现了他特有的豁达大度与彬彬有礼。冒着对他蒸蒸日上的政治生涯，可能造成损害的风险。我曾不止一次，在不同场合，对这位阁下的品格，表示过公开赞赏。他之所以没抱怨我批准紧急质询，其中一个原因是，很快他将对这一问题做出回答... 原因就在于，这位阁下足够敏捷，足够聪慧，足够机智，足够公正，足够清晰，足够灵活，无论碰上任何问题，他都能应对自如。

Mr Speaker: I don’t want this to become a mutual admiration society, because I'm not sure whether it would be more damaging to him or me, but I thank him for what he said, for the way in which he said it and for the spirit that his remarks embody.

议长：我倒不是要跟他互相吹捧，因为我不确定这是否会对他或对我，造成更大的伤害。但我还是要感谢他这段发言。感谢他的发言方式，也感谢他这段发言所体现的精神。 

[Hon. Members]: Point of Order!

[其他议员]: 议事程序问题！

Mr Speaker: Yes, point of order, Mr Hilary Benn.

议长：议事程序问题，希拉利·本恩。