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Tom Nathan and Tommy Newell explain why MPs’ recent vote to introduce risk-based exclusion at the point of arrest - giving House authorities the power to exclude MPs accused of sexual or violent offences from the Parliamentary Estate – is so significant, and outline the FDA’s work to help make this happen.
13 August 2024
Feature
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Kay Hender speaks to Harriet Harman about her four decades in politics.
22 May 2024
Interview
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FDA welcomes MPs vote to introduce a formal mechanism to risk assess any MP at the point of arrest.
14 May 2024
News
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Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme “improved” standards landscape but work still to be done, Penman tells House of Commons Standards Committee.
07 February 2024
News
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Updated proposals on a risk-based exclusion policy in Parliament from the House of Commons Commission are a "significant victory" for the FDA and should now be implemented without delay.
14 December 2023
News
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Director of the UK Parliament’s Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme, Thea Walton, talks to Tommy Newell.
20 November 2023
| By Tommy Newell
Interview
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Responding to a BBC Newsnight report that a "predatory culture" still exists around the House of Commons, FDA National Officer Jawad Raza called for those in leadership positions across the political spectrum to "take responsibility to drive that wider culture change".
06 July 2023
News
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The FDA has welcomed the Committee on Standards response to the House of Commons Commission’s consultation of precautionary exclusion and calls for the recommendations to be introduced without delay.
14 February 2023
News
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General Secretary Dave Penman said the report had “upheld the complaints against Mr. Bercow, and also addressed his repeated assertions around conspiracy among the complainants”.
09 March 2022
News
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FDA General Secretary Dave Penman has condemned “completely unacceptable” personal attacks on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards – “a public servant who cannot answer back”
04 November 2021
News
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FDA General Secretary Dave Penman said the IEP report “could not paint a clearer picture of sustained, inappropriate conduct”
23 September 2021
News
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Members of Parliament who ignore the Speaker’s advice to wear face coverings are willingly putting parliamentary staff at risk and will be named and shamed by the FDA.
14 July 2021
News
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FDA National Officer Jawad Raza has criticised the plan for the Chamber to return to full capacity next week, describing it as a “political stunt, which shows scant regard for the wellbeing of Parliamentary staff”.
13 July 2021
News
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FDA Assistant General Secretary Amy Leversidge has given evidence to the House of Commons Standards Committee, as part of their inquiry into the Code of Conduct for MPs.
02 March 2021
News
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FDA National Officer Jawad Raza has said as full return to the hybrid parliament “is simply the common sense thing to do” given the current situation in London, which has now entered into Tier 4.
22 December 2020
News
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The FDA, jointly with Prospect, has written to the Speaker of the House of Commons calling for a return to full hybrid arrangements in the House of Commons.
19 October 2020
News
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As Parliament rises for the summer, FDA Assistant General Secretary Amy Leversidge reflects on the union’s final victory in its long-fought campaign, for an independent policy to tackle bullying and harassment in the House of Commons.
22 July 2020
| By Amy Leversidge
Analysis/comment
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The FDA has called on the government to stop wasting time and allow Parliament’s much needed restoration and renewal programme to proceed, after the Prime Minister suggested moving Parliament to York
17 July 2020
News
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FDA National Officer Helen Kenny responds to reports that the Prime Minister has asked officials responsible for the restoration and renewal project to consider relocating Parliament to York.
16 July 2020
Press release
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MPs have voted to establish a new independent process to deal with complaints of bullying and harassment – the culmination of years of campaigning from the FDA and others for change in Westminster.
25 June 2020
News
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