Diane Abbott is officially the ‘Mother of the House’ – and no, that's not slang. Here's what the Labour MP said in her first address to parliament.
Diane Abbott is officially ‘Mother of the House’ – and no, that's not slang. The ‘Mother of the House’ is the title given to the longest continuously serving female MP in the UK parliament. Diane Abbott has served as the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987 – when she was elected as the first Black woman MP – and was recognised earlier in the week for this achievement.
” Diane further praised former Labour MP Harriet Harman, the former Mother of the House, who had served for over 40 years, for doing “so much to work to have an equal and diverse House.
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