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| Jo Cox's children to unveil memorial plaque in parliament | Jo Cox's children to unveil memorial plaque in parliament |
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| Jo Cox is to be honoured by having a coat of arms unveiled in parliament by her two children on Saturday. | Jo Cox is to be honoured by having a coat of arms unveiled in parliament by her two children on Saturday. |
| Cuillin, six, and Lejla, four, designed the plaque in memory of their mother, the MP for Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire who was murdered last year. It will be installed in the Commons chamber as part of a “family day” in parliament. | Cuillin, six, and Lejla, four, designed the plaque in memory of their mother, the MP for Batley and Spen in West Yorkshire who was murdered last year. It will be installed in the Commons chamber as part of a “family day” in parliament. |
| MPs and staff have been encouraged to bring their children into the chamber, and there will be a special question time where they will get to quiz the Speaker, John Bercow, on how parliament works. | MPs and staff have been encouraged to bring their children into the chamber, and there will be a special question time where they will get to quiz the Speaker, John Bercow, on how parliament works. |
| Inspired by Cox’s maiden speech, the plaque bears the motto “more in common” and contains elements that acknowledge the late MP’s love of rivers and mountains and her support for women. | Inspired by Cox’s maiden speech, the plaque bears the motto “more in common” and contains elements that acknowledge the late MP’s love of rivers and mountains and her support for women. |
| Four red roses represent her family, two red for Labour and two white for Yorkshire. The unveiling comes shortly after the first anniversary of the Labour MP’s murder by the far-right extremist Thomas Mair as she arrived to host a surgery in Birstall in her constituency. | Four red roses represent her family, two red for Labour and two white for Yorkshire. The unveiling comes shortly after the first anniversary of the Labour MP’s murder by the far-right extremist Thomas Mair as she arrived to host a surgery in Birstall in her constituency. |