Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
3 September 2025
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Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee House of Commons
15:35 - 16:49
Speaker 1
Order. Good morning, colleagues, and good morning to our witness, Jesse Norman, the leader of the House of Commons. Good morning. Welcome back. I hope everybody had a recharging and restful summer recess and is ready to hit the grindstone with full impact, if that's possible.
Mister Norman, let me first of all offer, on behalf of the committee, our apologies to you. You wrote to us, as you know, to give evidence at the last session in July. The leader of the house was giving us a full menu, and you were very gracious in allowing us to rearrange. So, we're grateful, and apologies for taking up two hours of your time, abortively, last time. But I'd like to start, if I may, because you sat in for the vast majority of what Miss Powell had to say to us. What, if any, were your reflections on what she had to say?
And was there anything that she said with which you particularly agreed or disagreed?
16:50 - 17:24
Speaker 2
Well, thank you, Chairman, and thank you, colleagues, for inviting me to this committee. I should say that, having been a member of the Treasury Committee for 5 years and now the Defense Committee for a couple of years, and chaired the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, as well as appearing in front of committees as a minister, I am extremely respectful of the work that you do and will try to assist the committee in any way I can. Okay. Let me say this. Of course, no apologies are required at all.
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