Results 1–20 of 7000 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Harriet Harman

Retirement of the Clerk of the House (12 Sep 2023)

Harriet Harman: Thank you, Mr Speaker. I associate myself with everything you said about Sir John, and also what the Leader of the House and the shadow Leader of the House, my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell)—who I welcome to her position—said. I do not intend to repeat everything that everybody has already said, but to warmly and very personally thank Sir John and pay...

Non-disclosure Agreements in the Workplace — [Rushanara Ali in the Chair] ( 5 Sep 2023)

Harriet Harman: The hon. Member has demonstrated himself to be a male ally, and we would not underestimate the importance of having male allies on this. There is an opportunity for the Minister to be not a force of resistance but a male ally and to follow the example of the hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant).

Non-disclosure Agreements in the Workplace — [Rushanara Ali in the Chair] ( 5 Sep 2023)

Harriet Harman: I thank the right hon. Member for her initiative in bringing forward this debate; I absolutely agree with every word that she has said and how she has put the case. I say to the Minister that if he does what the right hon. Member is asking, we will give our full support. At this stage in a Government it is sometimes difficult to do good, but if he accedes to the right hon. Member’s...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: I thank the Leader of the House for tabling the motion, which arises out of the special report of the Privileges Committee. When it approved with an emphatic majority the report of our inquiry into Boris Johnson, the House made it clear beyond doubt that honesty in our Parliament matters, that Ministers are required to be truthful and that there will be consequences for any Minister who is...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: The hon. Gentleman named himself on Twitter by calling the Committee a “witch hunt”, and that was in the public domain. The thread ahead of his tweet was quite clear, so we simply put it in our report. We took what was in the public domain and put it in our report. Our special report makes it clear that it is not acceptable for a Member of this House who does not want a particular outcome...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. If the hon. Member for Workington (Mark Jenkinson) is saying that he does not believe the Privileges Committee’s inquiry into Boris Johnson was a witch hunt, I warmly welcome the fact that he has said so. I thank him for putting it on the record that he does not believe our inquiry was a witch hunt.

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: The points and issues that we included in the annex to our report were put in the public domain on Twitter. Indeed, the hon. Gentleman himself put into the public domain that, in relation to the Committee, there was a question of “malice and prejudice”. He felt it was important to put that on to the public record.

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: I think the hon. Gentleman will be making a speech.

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. If the hon. Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant) wants to say that he does not believe the Committee was motivated by malice and prejudice, we would warmly welcome that correction. Our special report makes it clear that it is not acceptable for a Member of this House who does not want a particular outcome to seek, by pressure or lobbying, to influence the...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: Is the hon. Gentleman, in what he has said, withdrawing what he said on Twitter, which was that the Committee was a “witch-hunt which would put a banana republic to shame”? That is what he actually said. Committee members are entitled to the support of the House, because it is the House that has asked them to undertake this work.

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: Perhaps I may reiterate that we are not saying that the Committee is immune. We are saying that it is evident that any Member of the House can challenge the appointment to the Committee of any member of the Committee, which frequently happens; that any Member of the House can challenge a reference to the Privileges Committee, and that, too, does happen; and that Members can challenge the...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: That is absolutely right, and that is so that the Committee can do its business properly, as mandated by the House, as is the case with the Standards Committee. We cannot have a situation where Members are reluctant to serve on the Committee because, as soon as they undertake an inquiry, it is open season on them. We cannot have a situation where the outcome is based on pressure and...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. If this work of the Privileges Committee is to be done in-house by Members of this House, this House must support them in that work. If the House is not prepared to do that, and it is open season on Members who are put forward for the Committee, we would very quickly find ourselves with an independent, outside process. Most Members of the...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: Again, this is very unfortunate. I say to the hon. Lady that hon. Members are given a task to do on behalf of the House. They do it to the best of their ability, with integrity, and they should be supported in doing that. Although the hon. Lady was very much against the outcome, which came about on the basis of the evidence, it is not acceptable then to criticise the process, except through...

Privileges Committee Special Report (10 Jul 2023)

Harriet Harman: Yes, Sir Ernest Ryder, who provided us with advice for the fifth report, which was the substantive report into Boris Johnson, also provided us with advice for this special report, for which we are grateful. We also had expert advice from the Clerks, including at the most senior level, so that we could be absolutely certain that we were complying with all the rules and processes laid down by...

Privilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris Johnson (19 Jun 2023)

Harriet Harman: It is a privilege to follow the serious and important speech of the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), every word of which I agreed with. The evidence on which our conclusions are based is fully set out in the report. I want to place on record the great debt of gratitude that I believe the House owes to the Clerks of the House, to Speaker’s Counsel and to Sir Ernest Ryder. The...

Privilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris Johnson (19 Jun 2023)

Harriet Harman: I am happy to answer the right hon. Gentleman. I was appointed by this House in the expectation that I would chair the Committee, with no one speaking against it. After the tweets were brought to light and highlighted, as I am concerned about the perception of fairness on the Committee—I agree that perception matters—I made it my business to find out whether it would mean that the...

Privilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris Johnson (19 Jun 2023)

Harriet Harman: I think the Committee found on the evidence that Mr Johnson knowingly and deliberately intended to mislead the House. Because he was Prime Minister, Mr Johnson’s dishonesty, if left unchecked, would have contaminated the whole of Government, allowing misleading to become commonplace and thus eroding the standards that are essential for the health of our democracy. Far from undermining...

Tributes to Baroness Boothroyd (28 Feb 2023)

Harriet Harman: That was an excellent tribute from the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May). Perfectly put. This is, indeed, a sad but very proud moment as the House pays tribute to Betty Boothroyd. A proud moment for all of us women in the House, as she was the first and only woman Speaker, and she was brilliant in the Chair. A proud moment for Labour, as she was a woman from a working-class,...

Arts Council England: Funding — [MR PETER BONE in the Chair] (18 Jan 2023)

Harriet Harman: I congratulate the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) on securing this debate. I back absolutely every word he said, and I join him in urging Arts Council England to rethink this funding round, which has no strategy, has had no consultation, is thoroughly destructive, and importantly makes the crucial art form of opera more elitist, rather than less. As a result of...


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