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MPs said prayers and observed a minute's silence today as the Commons gathered to express its grief at the killing of David Amess.
A packed chamber was hushed as an emotional Speaker Lindsay Hoyle condemned the 'despicable' attack on the Tory veteran.
The Commons chaplain, Tricia Hillas, said: 'May the bright memory of his rich life ever outshine the tragic manner of his death.'
Parliament has cancelled almost all of its business today, with Boris Johnson set to open two hours of tributes.
There will also be a service at Westminster afterwards so colleagues can pay their respects after the killing during a surgery in Sir David's Southend constituency on Friday.
A packed chamber was hushed as Speaker Lindsay Hoyle condemned the 'despicable' attack on the Tory veteraA packed chamber was hushed as Speaker Lindsay Hoyle condemned the 'despicable' attack on David Amess
MPs said prayers and observed a minute's silence today as the Commons gathered to pay tribute to the Tory veteran
The Commons has cleared almost all its business today for the tributes to Sir David
Sir David Amess' heartbroken wife and children today visited the church where the Tory politician was stabbed to death by a suspected Islamist terrorist who was allegedly bent on murdering any MP he could get close to.
His widow Julia Amess wiped away tears as she read messages of love for her late husband outside the Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea along with two of their five children this morning.
Mrs Amess, who also worked for her husband as a part-time caseworker for his Southend West constituency, came to mourn her husband hours after the family said that their
