the commission was chaired byjohn burkle, then as now the speaker of the house.n they first met in november 2012 they couldn't reach a decision on what to do. newsnight has obtained documents logging how a senior clerk in the house let it be known into the union in the house that ms commander should go into mediation with mr farrelly. they should sit down and work it out. because if she did not, the hint was dropped, the commission would vote to conclude that no bullying had taken place. so what happened then? the case was allowed to peter out over the next six months. mr farrelly wrote an apology in private and that was it. the case was closed. so here he is injanuary at the hearing about the bbc‘s gender pay gap. still on the culture media and sport committee. miss commander has left the house and emigrated. we put all of this to the house of commons. the speaker denies that either he or the commission ever insisted on mediation. they also point out that when the case of mr farrelly reached the commission in november 2012 they suspended the respect policy. they