the leader of the stlp colum Eastwood thank you Mr Speaker um I'm very glad to be back um I'm very glad to see uh the results of that election um many people in Northern Ireland are delighted uh with it and we look forward to holding the new government to account for the promises that they've made to the people of the north of Ireland I want to take this opportunity also to welcome all the new members even the ones that I profoundly disagree with um the one the one piece of advice I would give every new member here is to remember that the speaker doesn't just chair the meetings he's the boss he is in charge of everything around this place and it would do well for you not to fall out with them in fact even a bit of sucking up sometimes is good um I want to take this opportunity as I say that Mr Speaker to thank you and to congratulate you for all for all the Fantastic work that you did over the last Parliament uh