prepared to serve on the privileges committee. they must be free to base theirjudgments on the evidence my free from pressure, one way or the other. if the house once its rights to be protected in future, it must act to stop intimidation of members of the privileges committee. attacks by honourable members on other honourable members on other honourable members on other honourable members designed to pre empt the committee s findings, frustrate the will of the house, erode public confidence, and thereby undermine our democracy. they may themselves be contempt of the house, because they are attempting to impede the functioning of the house. we will be doing a further report to the house on this shortly, inviting consideration of what could be done to prevent this happening in the future. none of that is a threat to free speech of members. members can
instructed the committee in april 2022, but they were overruled by a significant democratic majority. madam deputy speaker, the procedures and processes of this house are in constant need of review and reform, of that there can be no doubt. however, we must make sure that a proper process of reform is followed, and not seek to rewrite the process at the 11th hour because some do not like its conclusions. for my own part, i will be supporting today s motion to approve the fifth report. i m sad that it has come to this, and i m particularly sorry to all of my constituents who have written to tell me that they kept to the rules when others clearly did not. i now urge all members across the house to approve this motion without a division. thank you. thank you very much, madam deputy
conservative mps think that by accepting the recommendations and. this will accepting the recommendations and. this will all accepting the recommendations and. this will all go away, and that cannot this will all go away, and that cannot be this will all go away, and that cannot be allowed to happen. in conclusion, yes, it clearly is beyond conclusion, yes, it clearly is beyond time at westminster abandons the damaging traditions that protect those the damaging traditions that protect those lying in parliament, reforms protocol those lying in parliament, reforms protocol and enables mps to accurately hold ministers to account accurately hold ministers to account. of course, all members of this should account. of course, all members of this should vote for this committee s recommendation. the question committee s recommendation. the question for me is this: is anything going question for me is this: is anything going to question for me is this: is anything going to ch
will comment on the findings of the report later, but firstly, i wish to make a few further observations about the importance of today s proceedings. borisjohnson and his acolytes have engaged in a systematic attempt to undermine the legitimacy of the committee and its work for their own purposes. they claim it is unfair and biased against the former prime minister. they claim the individuals are biased, and that the procedure is biased, and that the procedure is biased, but anyone who has read the report and the painstaking way in which they went about their investigation, will know that this is false. as the committee itself points out, comparisons between the inquisitorial nature of the committee s proceedings and those of an adversarial court of law are fallacious. i give way. i’m an adversarial court of law are fallacious. i give way. i m very crateful fallacious. i give way. i m very grateful to fallacious. i give way. i m very grateful to my fallacious. i give way. i m ver
chair the committee with no one speaking against it. after the tweets were brought to my attention, highlighted, because i am concerned about the perception of fairness on the committee, and i agree that perception matters, i made it my business to find out whether or not it would mean that the government would not have confidence in me, if i continued to chair the committee. and i actually said, and more than happy to step aside, because perception matters, and i don t want to do this if the government does not have confidence in me because i need the whole house to have confidence in the work that the committee has now mandated. i was assured that i could continue the work that the house had mandated with the appointment that the house had put me into and sol with the appointment that the house had put me into and so i did just that. j had put me into and so i did “ust that. ~ . had put me into and so i did “ust that. ,, . , . . that. i think that is a mic drop, jacob rees-mogg!