Harriet Harman backs MP AlanDuncan
Commons Leader Harriet Harman has paid tribute to Melton MP Alan Duncan.
Ms Harman spoke out over her former counterpart yesterday after he was sacked in September for complaining MPs were made to live "on rations".
The pair enjoyed much banter during their weekly questions on Commons business.
At the first such session since the summer recess, yesterday, Ms Harman paid tribute to the former shadow leader of the commons to fellow MPs.
She said: "I think it was very sad he was sacked and rusticated back out of the shadow Cabinet.
"It looks like he was sacked for drinking Champagne, which I think he probably – and most people – thought was a job description for being a member of the Tory party.
"Anyway, I do hope he will find his way back into the shadow cabinet – if not before the General Election, at least after it."
Ms Harman also welcomed former cabinet minister Sir George Young as his replacement. Sir George, former chairman of the Standards and Privileges Committee, was shadow Commons leader in 1998.
Mr Duncan is now shadow prisons minister.
2 Comments
by David Hankey, Great Easton, Leics
Friday, October 16 2009, 11:10AM
“And I suppose Ms. Harman never touches the stuff. Fancy the Commons Leader having nothing better to do or say just because she will miss the "banter" she has previously enjoyed with Duncan.
So far he is very lucky not to have faced a de-selection panel!!”
by Kulgan, Crydee
Friday, October 16 2009, 10:25AM
“The Seal of Approval from Harriet Harperson. Alan Duncan is truly on the slippery slope now.”