chris bryant is the labour mp and chair of the parliament s committee on standards, which found against 0wen paterson. he was asked why paterson couldn t have an appeal. he has had an appeal and a fair process. i have asked three former high court judges whether they think the process was entirely a fair hearing and they all say that in every single regard, this is nearly identical to what happens in every other workplace in the country. the part which is different, of course, is at the end of the day, some people yesterday decided, and this is the definition of injustice, at the very last minute, for a named individual, they would change the rules. that is not what we do in this country, it s what they do in russia when a friend or foe is suddenly under the cosh in the courts. russia? you think this is like russia? i think it is a perversion ofjustice.
the government says this is just looking at whether the process in parliament for mps should be more like the hr process in a normal company. but it has aroused a lot of strong passion, it is quite controversial, it has got a long way to go and in the meantime, 0wen paterson will remain without discipline. chris bryant is the labour mp and chair of the parliament s committee on standards, which found against 0wen paterson. he was asked why paterson couldn t have an appeal. he has had an appeal and a fair process. i have asked three former high courtjudges whether they think the process was entirely a fair hearing and they all say that in every single regard, this is nearly identical to what happens in every other workplace in the country. the part which is different, of course, is at the end of the day, some people yesterday decided, and this is the definition of injustice, at the very last minute, for a named