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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Harman (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 July 2007. It occurred during Debate on Home Affairs.

Home Affairs

Perhaps I can respond by setting out the chronology. On 27 June the Prime Minister became Prime Minister, and thereafter he had to select and appoint his Cabinet. After that, he had to move on and appoint junior Ministers. After that, he had to identify and appoint Under-Secretaries. Hon. Members will understand that one could not work out who was in the pool of Members available to serve on a Select Committee before all those appointments were made. It sometimes seems that it takes a long time for a Cabinet to be selected—

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
463 c916 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Public appointments Members Politics and government Parliamentary privilege Select committees Home Affairs Committee Vaz, Keith Denham, John
Link
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