Debate on Tuesday, 22 May 2012, in the House of Commons, led by John Whittingdale.

Privilege

Debate on a motion that the conclusions to chapter 8 of the Culture Media and Sport Committee report on News International and phone-hacking be referred to the Committee on Standards and Privileges. Agreed on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 545 cc989-1014
Session: 2012-13
Department: Leader of the House of Commons
Procedure: Parliamentary privilege
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Speaker’s Statement
Monday, 21 May 2012
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Philip Davies | 545 c1010 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend but fear that his question is slightly above my pay grade, as tho...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 545 c1010 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, will attempt to be brief. Far from being critical of the Culture, Media and Sport Committ...; John Bercow | 545 c990 (Link to this contribution)
We come now to the main business. As I advised the House yesterday, the hon. Member for Maldon (M...; John Whittingdale | 545 cc990-2 (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House notes the conclusions set out in chapter 8 of the Eleventh R...; Simon Hughes | 545 c992 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman not just for his work and that of his Committee but for the measured w...; John Whittingdale | 545 cc992-4 (Link to this contribution)
I hope that the full facts will continue to emerge, not just through the work of the Committee bu...; Philip Davies | 545 c993 (Link to this contribution)
I commend my hon. Friend for the skilled way in which he has chaired the Committee over a long pe...; John Whittingdale | 545 c993 (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend is correct: on whether the three individuals whom I have just named misled the Com...; Lord Watson of Wyre Forest | 545 cc993-5 (Link to this contribution)
I support the hon. Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale) in his recommendations. These are very ser...; Lord Young of Cookham | 545 c995 (Link to this contribution)
I want to make a short contribution and to begin by commending my hon. Friend the Member for Mald...; Angela Eagle | 545 cc995-6 (Link to this contribution)
I echo the comments of the Leader of the House by paying tribute to the Culture, Media and Sport ...; Baroness Coffey | 545 cc996-7 (Link to this contribution)
It is a privilege to speak in today’s debate, and I wholly endorse the motion before the House to...; Robert Buckland | 545 c997 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful for all the work that has been done by the Committee, so ably chaired by my hon. Fr...; Baroness Coffey | 545 c997 (Link to this contribution)
That is absolutely right. As the shadow Leader of the House said, that was in the guidance. I agr...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 545 c998 (Link to this contribution)
The taking of the oath is not irrelevant, because if someone gives evidence under oath that turns...; Baroness Coffey | 545 c998 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman is perhaps more experienced in parliamentary practice than I am, but I am not ...; John Hemming | 545 c998 (Link to this contribution)
Does the hon. Lady accept that such comments given to Committees are subject to article 9 of the ...; Baroness Coffey | 545 c998 (Link to this contribution)
I am not a lawyer; I stand here as a parliamentarian who passes law. In response to the points ra...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 545 c998 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Baroness Coffey | 545 c998 (Link to this contribution)
I do not wish to give way further, because I know that other hon. Members want to speak on this t...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 545 c999 (Link to this contribution)
Further to my earlier intervention, does my hon. Friend remember the point of order I raised on t...; Chris Bryant | 545 cc998-9 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, pay warm tribute to the Chairman of the Committee, the hon. Member for Maldon (Mr Whittin...; Chris Bryant | 545 cc999-1000 (Link to this contribution)
I do remember that point of order, which is why when my hon. Friend intervened on the hon. Member...; Baroness Coffey | 545 c1000 (Link to this contribution)
I hear what the hon. Gentleman says, but does he accept that Select Committees do have the power ...; Chris Bryant | 545 c1000 (Link to this contribution)
Yes, but Committees have quite often been rather tentative about using those powers. I remember d...; John Whittingdale | 545 c1000 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Robert Buckland | 545 c1000 (Link to this contribution)
rose—; Chris Bryant | 545 c1000 (Link to this contribution)
I have a multiplicity of offers.; John Bercow | 545 c1000 (Link to this contribution)
Order. Before the hon. Gentleman takes an intervention from the hon. Member for South Swindon (Mr...; Chris Bryant | 545 c1001 (Link to this contribution)
Indeed, Mr Speaker. It has been customary in all the debates that have taken place historically o...; John Whittingdale | 545 c1001 (Link to this contribution)
I shall bear your warnings in mind, Mr Speaker, but the hon. Gentleman is raising matters that I ...; Chris Bryant | 545 c1001 (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree, but I also think that we should no longer live in an era of trepidation in th...; Robert Buckland | 545 c1001 (Link to this contribution)
I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman about being bold in regard to contempt of Parliament and...; Chris Bryant | 545 cc1001-2 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Gentleman has taken me into much wider subject matter, but he too is trepidating—if that...; Damian Collins | 545 c1002 (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant), and I join him and other M...; Damian Collins | 545 cc1002-4 (Link to this contribution)
I agree, but it should be implicit that someone giving evidence to a parliamentary Committee is t...; Lord Beith | 545 c1002 (Link to this contribution)
Are we not in danger of getting into a situation where all witnesses before Committees have to ap...; Paul Farrelly | 545 c1004 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee, the hon. Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale), o...; John Bercow | 545 c1004 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I remind the House that the motion for debate is the question of whether to refer the Sele...; Paul Farrelly | 545 c1004 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Mr Speaker, and the background has been rehearsed well enough by the Chair of the Sele...; John Bercow | 545 c1005 (Link to this contribution)
Order. I just want to be clear that the hon. Gentleman has understood what I have said and intend...; Paul Farrelly | 545 c1005 (Link to this contribution)
You are right, as always, Mr Speaker.
On the conclusions of the report that we are asking t...; Louise Mensch | 545 cc1005-7 (Link to this contribution)
Following on from the excellent speech of the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Paul Farrelly...; Jim Sheridan | 545 c1007 (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady and others mentioned the situation in the Scottish Parliament. Depending how things...; Louise Mensch | 545 c1007 (Link to this contribution)
That is an interesting question. There ought to be no difference. People are testifying before th...; Kevin Barron | 545 cc1007-8 (Link to this contribution)
If the House decides to refer this matter to the Committee on Standards and Privileges, we will e...; Philip Davies | 545 cc1008-9 (Link to this contribution)
I rise briefly to commend once again my hon. Friend the Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale) for t...; Alun Cairns | 545 c1009 (Link to this contribution)
I pay tribute to my hon. Friend, the Committee and its Chair for the way they have conducted thei...; Louise Mensch | 545 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
The situation is not quite as simple as a simple perjury charge, which would apply on any occasio...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 545 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
I am not quite sure how the hon. Lady disagrees with me, to be perfectly honest. As I pointed out...; Bernard Jenkin | 545 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
Will the hon. Gentleman allow me?; Lord Brennan of Canton | 545 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
I will, because the hon. Gentleman is the Chairman of the Public Administration Committee, but I ...; Bernard Jenkin | 545 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I regret the fact that I have been in the Chamber for o...; Lord Brennan of Canton | 545 cc1011-2 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Chairman of the Public Administration Committee for that intervention. He kn...; John Hemming | 545 c1012 (Link to this contribution)
We are elected here to represent our constituents, and the privileges of Parliament are their pri...; Simon Hughes | 545 cc1012-3 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, will be brief in speaking in support of the motion. I repeat my tribute to the members of...; Adrian Sanders | 545 cc1013-4 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, congratulate the hon. Member for Maldon (Mr Whittingdale) on his chairmanship of the Cult...
Subjects: Evidence Newspaper press Parliamentary procedure Telephone tapping Committee on Standards and Privileges News International Culture, Media and Sport Committee Contempt of Parliament
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