division_name: Privilege
motion: <p class="indent" pid="a803.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That the matter of the actions and subsequent conduct of the hon Member for Ochil and South Perthshire in relation to correspondence from the Speaker on a matter of privilege be referred to the Committee of Privileges.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a803.2/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me,&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a803.2/8" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;reflections on the character of the Speaker or accusations of partiality in the discharge of their duties&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a803.2/12" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;we may have sought a referral to the Privileges Committee but, as her claims have not inhibited the work of the Committee and she no longer has a position of power over the future of Channel 4, we are, instead, publishing this Report to enable the House, and its Members, to draw their own conclusions.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a803.2/14" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;respect the Committee&#8217;s assessment of the situation.&#8221;&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2022-11-23">23 November</phrase> 2022; Vol. 723, c. 291.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a803.2/16" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;He&#8217;s considered my letter, but he&#8217;s decided to take no further action.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a803.2/19" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;offered no apology as there was no misrepresentation.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a804.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;didn&#8217;t &#8216;release&#8217; the Speaker&#8217;s letter. I summarised it entirely fairly.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a804.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;integrity above that of parliament&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a807.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I am going to leave it there for today&#8221;.&#8212;[Official Report, <phrase class="date" code="2022-11-23">23 November</phrase> 2022; Vol. 723, c. 292.]</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="a810.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It is not the practice for such letters to be made public&#8230; Members should not challenge the Speaker&#8217;s decision in the House.&#8221;</p>