lot of the lower ranking staff, as she described, came to me during the laura cox reporting and inquiry and ask for me to tell dameclerks, which i did. they didn't feel like they even had a place in that. what would you say, amy leversidge, trade representative? i agree. it is heartbreaking to hear testimony like that. it echoes exactly what members say to me. during the dame laura cox inquiry, we constantly encouraged oui’ inquiry, we constantly encouraged our members to go to dame laura and tell her about their experiences. without that body of evidence, the mps will not listen. it was a shame when dame laura said in her report that many people had gone to her and said, i would like to come to you and talk about what happened, but i can't because it is either too traumatic or i feel that this will impact on my career. and it is sad that there were members of staff who didn't feel that it was something for them. didn't feel that it was something forthem. i didn't feel that it was something for them. i don't know how anyone could listen to that testimony and not feel that this isn't something that shouldn't be hap

letter, he said he had made clear his decision to go had been taken long before the report from dame laura coxrk of the commons from the last four years, will leave on 1 march. it has been a turbulent four years, covering three governments, to general elections, and to referendums. the murders ofjo cox mp, mpc palmer... his letter reflected on the bullying and harassment accusations, saying what was needed was to... move beyond concerns about process, to reach a place where quite simply, everybody in the community treats everybody else with respect and dignity. yours ever, david. applause. an exceptional occasion justifies an exceptional response. the speakerjohn bercow. there were attributes in the commons and the lords to an altogether more famous figure, but prince of wales, prince charles, who celebrates his 70th birthday. the prime minister praised his total commitment to public service, and data that was on the part of the story. he is the only public figure to appear on question time and australian top chef. and he has great and wide ranging love of music. indeed he remarked in 1974 tha

the report, written by dame laura cox, was commissioned after a series of allegations about bullyingme and asked if i even knew what brexit was, if i even knew what was going on. i've had inappropriate comments, members of staff, particularly mps, asking, don't i know who they are? i have one kind of older senior civil servant from a government department get right in my face, shouting at me. i could almost feel kind of like the spit landing on my face. he was so angry. i'd only been in the job a few months and it was so overwhelming and scary that i didn't know how to deal with it. but when i talked to the members of staff, particularly female members of staff, they all had a similar experience and, again, itjust seemeed to be part of thejob was dealing with abuse like that. it if no one has complained and you think maybe no one has because they don't have confidence that anything would be done, how can could an investigation be done? i do understand that, and i knew that people would need to come forward to do it. so i know that nothing could happen until they do. but for that to o

the report, written by dame laura cox, was commissioned after a series of allegations about bullying senior civil servant from a government department get right in my face, shouting at me. i could almost feel kind of like the spit landing on my face. he was so angry. i‘d only been in the job a few months and it was so overwhelming and scary that i didn‘t know how to deal with it. but when i talked to the members of staff, particularly female members of staff, they all had a similar experience and, again, itjust be part of the job was dealing with abuse like that. it if no one has complained and you think maybe no one has because they don‘t have confidence that anything would be done, how can could an investigation be done? i do understand that, and i knew that people would need to come forward to do it. so i know that nothing could happen until they do. but for that to occur, surely you‘ve got to allow people to the confidence in a reporting system that exists and to know that they would be taken seriously. and that the minute, and the way i think the commons authorities have respond