Select Committee on Governance of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Select Committee on Governance of the House

David Heath Excerpts
Wednesday 10th September 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Angela Eagle Portrait Ms Eagle
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We are not making it easy for any future outside candidate to apply for a job in this place—candidates have been traduced across the airwaves when they cannot reply. Hon. Members on both sides of the House should think carefully about that.

David Heath Portrait Mr David Heath (Somerton and Frome) (LD)
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I am trying to understand the precise process, particularly in the light of what the former Leader of the House, the right hon. Member for South Cambridgeshire (Mr Lansley), has just said. Did the panel agree before the interview process the job description it judged against, or was that presented as a fait accompli?