Bullying and Harassment of MPs’ Parliamentary Staff

The hon. Gentleman has raised a very specific and interesting point, to which, I am sorry to say,...

I do not understand why there is any debate about this bit. I think that the vast majority of Mem...

I do not think that anything I have said has suggested that we should not go ahead with this reco...

I am not questioning the integrity of the Leader of the House, and I am sure that he is not quest...

I know that some Members have been arguing for various aspects of the approach that we should tak...

I thank the Leader of the House for opening this debate, and I, too, want to start by thanking Ge...

Representing my party in the Chamber today, I wish to associate my party entirely with the thrust...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his contribution. There is a lot to be learned from different orga...

It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate today, following the publication of Gemma Whit...

When someone arrives here—perhaps straight out of university—to work for a Member of Parliament, ...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. He has followed this closely, and he will recall that, du...

Does my right hon. Friend have a view as to why so few MPs have taken up this training opportunit...

I am glad my hon. Friend raises that point because, of course, the truth is that the training has...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Northamptonshire (Andrea Leadsom), the...

The hon. Gentleman is correct in what he is saying, but there is a greyer area at the edge of thi...

The hon. Gentleman is touching on an important issue—these little grey areas where relationships ...

I am always terribly glad when a colleague makes a good advert for the way we did things in Holyr...

Absolutely. That is not to say that everything there is perfect—I do not pretend for a minute tha...

I join other hon. Members in welcoming Gemma White’s report. The Leader of the House is right tha...

My colleague next to me, my hon. Friend the Member for Ellesmere Port and Neston (Justin Madders)...

I am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, and I pay tribute to the brilliant ...

The Liberal Democrats have had problems, like every other party, but my specialism is dealing wit...

It is a pleasure to welcome this report and to speak in support of it. It is reassuring that the ...

I recognise much of what the hon. Lady is saying, but there is a Members’ HR service which has be...

I have used that service, and its staff do provide a fantastic service. The point is that as an M...

I apologise for not hearing the start of my hon. Friend’s speech. Does she not agree that there n...

I completely agree. Such things are part of our role, but I do not think they are treated serious...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate and to follow the hon. Member for Lewes (Maria Caulfield...

I shall speak very briefly, because so many of the points made during last month’s debate on the ...

I am sure none of us thought we would be surprised to read Gemma White’s report, given that there...

I recognise so much of what the hon. Gentleman is saying. He used the word “banter”—he was referr...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. People may sometimes feel that they are being amusin...

It is interesting that the hon. Gentleman raises that point. The Select Committee’s concern is th...

I thank the right hon. Lady for that point. I find it incredible that we are still in that place....

I wish to begin by apologising for not bobbing earlier; I was enjoying the speech from my hon. Fr...

I thank everyone for their valuable contributions to the debate. Interestingly, there has been a ...

The Leader of the House may or may not know the answer to this question. What would be the total ...

I do not know; the House of Commons Commission will consider that. I interpret the hon. Gentleman...

No one would expect non-recent cases to be dealt with immediately; it is obvious that they will t...

The message from the Dispatch Box this afternoon is that we expect these measures to be introduce...

I am grateful to the Leader of the House for giving way. I must say that I am a little perplexed ...

The hon. Gentleman has very perceptively poked his finger into one of a few areas where it is not...