"हैरिएट हर्मन" सम्पादित करें


{{Use dmy dates|date=दिसम्बर 2014}}
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|honorific-prefix = [[द राइट ऑनरेबल]]
|name       = हैरिएट हर्मन
|native_name    = Harriet Harman
|honorific-suffix = [[महारानी की परामर्श समिति|QC]] [[सांसद]]
|image       = Harriet Harman, 2014.jpg
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|term_end     = 
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|term_end1     = 25 सितम्बर 2010
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|term_end2     = 
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|term_start3    = 11 मई 2010
|term_end3     = 25 सितम्बर 2010
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|successor5    = क्रिस ब्राएंट
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|successor6    = कोई नहीं
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|term_end7     = 7 अक्टूबर 2011
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|successor7    = इवान लेविस
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|deputy8      = हेलेन गुडमैन<br>क्रिस ब्राएंट<br>बारबरा कीली
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|term_end8     = 11 मई 2010
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|successor8    =सर जॉर्ज यंग, छठें बैरोनेट {{small|(नेता, प्राइवी सील)}}<br>थेरेसा मे {{small|(महिला और समानता)}}
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|term_start9   = 11 जून 2001
|term_end9    = 10 मई 2005
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|successor9    = माइक ओ'ब्रायन
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|leader11     = टोनी ब्लेयर
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|term_end11    = 2 मई 1997
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|successor11    = स्टीफन डॉरेल
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|leader12     = टोनी ब्लेयर
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|term_end12    = 1 जुलाई 1996
|predecessor12   = [[मार्गरेट बेकेट]]
|successor12    = क्रिस स्मिथ (फिन्सबेरी)
|office13     = सामजिक सुरक्षा छाया मंत्री
|leader13     = टोनी ब्लेयर
|term_start13   = 21 जुलाई 1994
|term_end13    = 19 अक्टूबर 1995
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|successor13    = डेविड ब्लंकेट{{small|(शिक्षा और रोजगार)}}
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|leader14     = जॉन स्मिथ (लेबर नेता)<br>मार्गरेट बेकेट {{small|(कार्यकारी)}}
|term_start14   = 18 जुलाई 1992
|term_end14    = 21 जुलाई 1994
|predecessor14   = मार्गरेट बेकेट
|successor14    = एलिस्टेयर डार्लिंग
|office15     = कैम्बरवेल और पेकहम से सांसद (यूके)<br><br>(1982–1997)
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|term_end15    = 
|predecessor15   = हैरी लैम्बॉर्न
|successor15    = 
|majority15    = 25,824 (50.1%)
|birth_name    = हैरिएट रुथ हर्मन
|birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1950|7|30|df=y}}
|birth_place    = [[मैरिलबोन|लंदन]], [[यूनाइटेड किंगडम]]
|death_date    = 
|death_place    = 
|party       = [[लेबर पार्टी]]
|spouse      = जैक ड्रोमी {{small|(1982–अभी तक)}}
|children     = 2 बेटे<br>1 बेटी
|alma_mater    = [[गुडरिक कॉलेज़]], [[यॉर्क विश्वविद्यालय]]
|website      = {{url|harrietharman.org|आधिकारिक जालपृष्ठ}}
|religion   = [[इसाई धर्म]]
}}
'''हैरिएट रुथ हर्मन''' (जन्म: ३० जुलाई १९५०), महारानी [[एलिज़ाबेथ द्वितीय|एलिज़ाबेथ II]] की सलाहकार समिति की सदस्य, एक ब्रिटिश अधिवक्ता और राजनेत्री हैं। यह २०१५ से [[लेबर पार्टी]] की कार्यकारी नेता और यूनाइटेड किंगडम की संसद में नेता विपक्ष भी हैं। यह १९८२ से यूके की सांसद हैं जब यह पहली बार १९८२ में पेकहम से और फिर १९९७ में कैंबरवेल व पेकहम निर्वाचन क्षेत्र से सांसद चुनी गईं थीं। स्त्री अधिकारों के लिए लड़ने वाली हर्मन एक प्रखर महिलावादी नेता के रूप में भी जानी जाती हैं। इन्होंने जोर दे कर कहा है "''मैं लेबर पार्टी में इसलिए हूँ क्यूंकि मैं एक [[स्त्रीवाद|महिलावादी]] हूँ। मैं लेबर पार्टी में इसलिए हूँ क्यूंकि मैं समानता में यकीन रखती हूँ।''"<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2843875.ece |title=Harriet the plotter and the not terribly secret chamber of her old feminist friends |work=द टाइम्स|date=10 नवम्बर 2007 |accessdate=३१ जुलाई २०१५| location=लंदन| first1=हेलेन | last1=रम्बेलो}}</ref>

लदंन में पिता डॉक्टर जॉन बी. हर्मन और माँ अधिवक्ता अन्ना के घर जन्मी हैरिएट [[:en:St Paul's Girls' School|सेंट पॉल महिला विद्दालय]] से पढाई की और यॉर्क के विश्वविद्दालय से [[राजनीतिशास्त्र]] में [[बैचलर ऑफ आर्ट्स|बी.ए.]] किया। अधिवक्ता बनने के बाद उन्होंने ब्रेंट कानून केंद्र में १९७८ से १९८२ तक काम किया। फिर वह १९८२ में हुए एक उपचुनाव में पेकहम निर्वाचन क्षेत्र से सांसद चुनी गईं। लेबर दल के नेता जॉन स्मिथ के द्वारा इन्हें १९९२ में यूके के [[छाया मंत्रिमंडल]] में सम्मिलित किए जाने के बाद इन्होंने १९९२-१९९४ के दौरान विपक्ष की तरफ से छाया कोषाध्यक्ष, १९९४-९५ में छाया रोजगार मंत्री, १९९५-९६ में छाया स्वास्थय मंत्री और १९९६-९७ में स्मिथ के उत्तराधिकारी [[टोनी ब्लेयर]] के नेतृत्व में सामाजिक सुरक्षा छाया मंत्री की जिम्मेदारी संभाली।

१९९७ में हुए ब्रिटिश आम चुनावों में [[लेबर पार्टी]] के और कैम्बरवेल व पेकहम निर्वाचन क्षेत्र से खुद के जीतने के बाद इन्हें यूके की सामाजिक सुरक्षा मंत्री बनाया गया और महिला व समानता मंत्रालय का कार्यभार दिया गया, जिसकी विपक्ष में रहते हुए यह छाया मंत्री भी रह चुकी थीं। वेस्टमिंस्टर के इतिहास में महिला व समानता मंत्री बनने वाली यह यूनाइटेड किंगडम की पहली महिला थी। १९९८ में इन्होंने मंत्रिमंडल से त्यागपत्र दे दिया और २००१ में [[ब्रिटेन]] के सॉलीसिटर जनरल (शीर्ष सरकारी अधिवक्ता) के रूप में पुन: वापसी की। २००५ तक यह पदभार संभालने के बाद यह संवैधानिक मामलों की राज्य मंत्री बनाई गईं। २००७ में टोनी ब्लेयर ने प्रधानमंत्री और जॉन प्रेस्कॉट ने उप प्रधानमंत्री व लेबर पार्टी के उप नेता के पद से त्यागपत्र दे दिया। हर्मन ने इसके बाद हुए लेबर पार्टी के उपनेता का चुनाव लडा और पाँच अन्य उम्मीदवारों को हराकर उपनेता चुनी गयीं। [[गॉर्डन ब्राउन]], जो उस वक्त २००७ में [[लेबर पार्टी#नेतृत्व#१९०६ के बाद से लेबर दल के नेता|लेबर पार्टी के नेता]] थे ने हर्मन को [[हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स]] की नेता, [[लॉर्ड प्राइवी सील]] व महिला व समानता मंत्री बनाया।

उन्होंने लेबर पार्टी के २०१० के आम चुनाव हारने से पहले तमाम सरकारी पदों को ग्रहण किया। हार के बाद गॉर्डन ब्राउन ने लेबर दल के नेता के पद से इस्तीफा दे दिया और हर्मन २०१० में [[एड मिलिबैंड]] के नेता चुने जाने से पहले तक लेबर दल की कार्यकरी नेता व संसद में नेता विपक्ष बनी रहीं। इसी दौरान वह २०१० से २०११ तक छाया उपप्रधानमंत्री व अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संबंध व विकास विभाग की छाया मंत्री रहीं। फिर वह २०११ से २०१५ तक संस्कृति, मीडिया व खेल छाया राज्यमंत्री रहीं। २०१५ के चुनावों में भी लेबर कि हार के बाद एड मिलिबैंड ने लेबर के नेता पद से त्यागपत्र दे दिया और हर्मन एक बार फिर कार्यकारी नेता व संसद में कार्यकारी नेता विपक्ष बनीं। ८ मई २०१५ को उन्होंने लेबर दल के उपनेता पद से त्यागपत्र दे दिया।

हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स में सांसद के तौर पर सबसे लंबे समय तक काम करने वाली हर्मन अभी तक अकेली महिला हैं।<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/harriet-harman/25677 |title=Rt Hon Harriet Harman<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=31 जुलाई 2015 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/62BD3Mt7i?url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/harriet-harman/25677 |archive-date=4 अक्तूबर 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/government-and-opposition1/opposition-holding/ |title=Her Majesty's Official Opposition – UK Parliament<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=31 जुलाई 2015 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5t6v7W36N?url=http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/government-and-opposition1/opposition-holding/ |archive-date=29 सितंबर 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> उन्होंने पूर्व मजदूर संगठन नेता जैक ड्रोमी से शादी की है जो २००४ में लेबर दल के कोषाध्यक्ष और बर्मिंघम एर्डिंगटन से सांसद भी चुने गये थे। उनके २ बेटे और १ बेटी हैं।

==प्रारंभिक जीवन और कैरियर==
[[File:St Paul's Girls' School in London W6, spring 2013 (1).JPG|thumb|left|सेट पॉल गर्ल्स स्कूल]]
लंदन में स्थित १०८ हार्ले मार्ग में अन्ना (स्पाइसर) हर्मन व जॉन बिशप हर्मन के यहाँ जन्मी हर्मन का पूरा नाम हैरिएट रुथ हर्मन है। <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.108harleystreet.co.uk/history/ |title=संग्रहीत प्रति |access-date=31 जुलाई 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624011040/http://www.108harleystreet.co.uk/history/ |archive-date=24 जून 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harleystreetguide.com/about/by-numbers/108-harley-street/|title="108 Harley Street"|publisher=Harley Street Guide|accessdate=31 july 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054825/http://www.harleystreetguide.com/about/by-numbers/108-harley-street/|archive-date=4 मार्च 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> उन्के दादा नैथैनियल बिशप हर्मन एक [[सर्जन]] थे और जाने माने [[एकेश्वरवाद|एकेश्वरवादी]] थे <ref>ऑबिच्युरी, ''द टाइम्स'', 8 दिसंबर 1945</ref> जबकि स्पाइसर परिवार जाने माने सामुदायिक धार्मिक समूह के सदस्य थे। उनकी आंटी एलिज़ाबेथ पैकेनह्म लैंगफोर्ड की [[काउण्टी|काउंटेस]] थीं और उनके भाई-बहन लेडी एंटोनिया फ्रेज़र, रचेल बिलिंगटन और थॉमस पैकेनह्म लेखक व इतिहासकार थे। हर्मन १८९३ में ब्रिटिश उपनिवेशों के राज्य मंत्री व १८०६ में हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स में नेता विपक्ष रहे [[जोसेफ कैम्बरलेन]] की भतीजी हैं।<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/207917124/Keeping-it-in-the-Family |title=Keeping it in the Family |publisher=Scribd.com |accessdate=31 जुलाई 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223223321/http://www.scribd.com/doc/207917124/Keeping-it-in-the-Family |archive-date=23 फ़रवरी 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

हर्मन ने सेंट पॉल महिला विद्दालय से प्रारंभिक शिक्षा और योर्क के विश्वविद्दालय से राजनीति शास्त्र में बी.ए. की उपाधि हासिल की। यॉर्क विश्वविद्दालय में वह गुडरिक कॉलेज में पढती थी और छात्र राजनीति में सक्रिय थीं। इसके बाद उन्होंने अधिवक्ता की पढाई की।

हर्मन ने लंदन के ब्रेंट कानूनी केंद्र में १९७८-८२ के दौरान काम किया।<!-- Between 1978 and 1982, Harman was employed as a legal officer for the [[Liberty (pressure group)|National Council for Civil Liberties]]. In this capacity, and just before becoming MP for Peckham in a by-election in 1982, she was found in [[contempt of court]].<ref>See ''Harman v The Home Office'' (the conviction for contempt being upheld on appeal) [1983] 1 AC 280, 308; {{cite web|url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/19890857/Home-Office-v-Harman-1983-1-AC-280-HL |title=<nowiki>Home Office v. Harman [1983</nowiki>&#93; 1 AC 280 (HL) |publisher=[[Scribd]] |accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref> Harman subsequently took the case to the [[European Court of Human Rights]], successfully arguing that the prosecution had breached her right to freedom of expression. ''Harman v United Kingdom'' is still considered a significant case in British public law.<ref>source: [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/harriet-harman-the-qc-who-has-learnt-to-keep-her-own-counsel-may-yet-earn-a-return-to-cabinet-612291.html Harriet Harman: The QC who has learnt to keep her own counsel may yet earn a return to Cabinet], Robert Verkaik, ''[[The Independent]]'' (London), 30 December 2002</ref> -->

हर्मन बाद में [[यूरोपीय मानवाधिकार न्यायालय]] में [[एम आई 5]] के खिलाफ मानवाधिकार उल्लंघन के एक मुकदमें का भी हिस्सा रहीं। १९८४ में [[मुखबिर]] कैथी मैसिटर द्वारा किए गये एक दूरदर्शन साक्षात्कार के दौरान इस बात का खुलासा हुआ था कि एम आई ५ के पास हर्मन और एनसीसीएल की मंत्री पैट्रिसिया हेविट से संबंधित व्यक्तिगत दस्तावेज हैं। <ref name="spies">{{cite book|author=ऐन्नी मैकन|title=''Spies, Lies and Whistleblowers: MI5, MI6 and the Shayler Affair''|publisher=[[बुक गिल्ड]]|month=मई|year=2005|ISBN= 1-85776-952-X (hbk)}}</ref><ref>[[द गार्ज़ियन]]''|21 फरवरी 1985|''20/20 Vision''| (चैनल ४, 1985)</ref> उन्होंने सफलता पूर्वक यह केस लडा और अपनी निजता हनन की दलीलें पेश कीं क्यूंकि एमाई ५ एक चुनी हुई कानूनी या जवाबदेह सरकारी संस्था नहीं थी इसलिए उसके पास किसी नागरिक के व्यक्तिगत दस्तावेज रखने व उसकी जासूसी करने का हक नहीं था।<ref name=spies /> इस मुकदमें का नतीजा सेक्युरिटी सर्विस एक्ट १९८९ का आधार बना।<ref name=spies />

==संसद में विपक्ष की नेता==
पेकहम से लेबर पार्टी के सांसद हैरी लार्मन की २१ अगस्त १९८२ को मृत्यु हो गई। सीट रिक्त होने की वजह से उपचुनाव हुए जिसमें २८ अक्टूबर १९८२ को हर्मन ११३४९ मत मिले व अपने नजदीकी प्रतिद्वंदी [[सोशल डेमोक्रेटिक पार्टी (यूके)]] के डिक टैवर्न से ३९३१ मत ज्यादा मिले। परिणाम स्वरूप १९८२ में पहली बार वह [[हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स]] के लिए चुनी गईं।

१९८४ में हर्मन समाजसेवा छाया मंत्री व १९८७ में स्वास्थय छाय मंत्री बनीं। १९९२ के आम चुनावों के बाद वह यूनाइटेड किंगडम की आधिकारिक विपक्षी [[छाया मंत्रिमंडल]] में चुनी गईं जब उन्हें १९९२-९४ के दौरान शीर्ष कोषाध्यक्ष का छायामंत्री व बाद में १९९४-९५ के दौरान छाया रोजगार मंत्री, १९९५-९६ के दौरान छाया स्वास्थय मंत्री व १९९६-९७ के दौरान सामाजिक सुरक्षा की छाया मंत्री के तौर पर काम करने का अवसर मिला।<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/background/frontbench/socsec.shtml|title=Social Security Secretary; Minister for Women – Harriet Harman|work=बीबीसी राजनीतिक अनुसंधान इकाई|publisher=[[बीबीसी]]|year=1997|accessdate=३१ जुलाई २०१५|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060304153233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/background/frontbench/socsec.shtml|archive-date=4 मार्च 2006|url-status=live}}</ref>

==लेबर पार्टी की सरकार==

===टोनी ब्लेयर के मंत्रिमंडल में===
१९९७ में लेबर पार्टी की जीत के बाद वह सामजिक सुरक्षा मंत्रालय की राज्य मंत्री व महिला और समानता मंत्री बनने वाली पहली महिला बनीं।<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6918188.stm|title=Harman made equalities secretary|publisher=बीबीसी समाचार| date=26 जुलाई 2007 | accessdate=३१ जुलाई २०१५}}</ref> उन्हें [[कल्याणकारी राज्य]] के पुनरुद्धार का जिम्मा सौंपा गया। इस दौरान उनकी प्रमुख नीतियों में से एक वयोवृद्धों के लिए न्यूनतम आय की गारंटी और सर्दियों में ईधन भुगतान की व्यवस्था करना था। बाद में ईधन भुगतान की इस नीति को यूरोपीय [[लिंगवाद|लिंगभेद]] नीतियों के खिलाफ पाया गया जिसमें पुरुषों को महिलाओं की तुलना में भुगतान पाने के लिये 5 वर्षों का ज्यादा इंतज़ार करना होता था।<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/567208.stm |title=Winter fuel payments 'sexist' |publisher=बीबीसी समाचार |date=16 दिसंबर 1999 |accessdate=३१ जुलाई २०१५ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040711034130/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/567208.stm |archive-date=11 जुलाई 2004 |url-status=live }}</ref> इसके बाद इस सेवा का लाभ लेने के लिए पुरुषों और महिलाओं दोनो की न्यूनतम उम्र सीमा समान रूप से ६० वर्ष कर दी गई। हर्मन को उनके पद से १९९८ में हटा दिया गया। मीडिया समाचारों के अनुसार उनका हटाया जान लगातार हो रहे कनिष्ठ मंत्री फ्रैंक फील्ड से सार्वजनिक मतभेदों का नतीजा था, हालांकि कुछ अन्य लोगों ने इसे उनके एकाकी जीवन जी रहे बुजुर्गों को दिए जा रहे सरकारी लाभों में कटौती करने का नतीजा भी माना।<ref name="timesonline.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5780320.ece|title= Profile: Harriet Harman|work=''द टाइम्स''|date= 22 फरवरी 2009}}</ref>

२००१ के आम चुनावों के बाद हर्मन की एक बार फिर मंत्रिमंडल में वापसी हुई जब उन्हे ब्रिटेन (इंग्लैंड व वेल्स) का शीर्ष सरकारी अधिवक्ता चुना गया। इस तरह वह पहली महिला सॉलीसिटर जनरल भी बनीं। रीति अनुसार उन्हें महारानी की परामर्श समिति का सदस्य चुना गया, हालांकि पहले उनके पास उच्च न्यायालयों में बहस करने के अधिकार प्राप्त नहीं थे और सॉलिसिटर जनरल के अपने कार्यकाल में उन्होंने कोई मुकदमा भी नहीं लड़ा।

यूनाइटेड किंगडम के आम चुनावों में विजय के बाद उन्हें संवैधानिक मामलों के विभाग का राज्य मंत्री बनाया गया जहाँ उन्हें संवैधानिक सुधार, कानूनी मदद, अदालती कार्य्वाइयों आदि की जिम्मेदारी मिली।

१६ मार्च २००६ को उन्होंने हाउस ऑफ लॉर्डस के चुनावी प्रबंधन और सुधार के अपने मंत्री पद को त्याग दिया। उन्होंने इसका कारण किसी संभावित पद के दुरुपयोग से बचना दिया क्यूंकि उनके पति लेबर पार्टी के कोषाध्यक्ष जैक ड्रोमी ने घोषणा की कि वो लेबर पार्टी को मिले उन चंदों की जाँच करेंगे जिनके बारे में पार्टी पदाधिकारियों को सूचित नहीं किया गया था। <ref>{{cite news | title=Harman gives up Lords reform role | date=16 मार्च 2006 | publisher =बीबीसी समाचार| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4812666.stm | accessdate = ३१ जुलाई २०१५ }}</ref>

===उप नेता का चुनाव===
जॉन प्रेस्कॉट के इस्तीफे के बाद हर्मन ने २००७ में लेबर दल के उपनेता लड़ने के लिये अपनी इच्छा जताई।<ref>{{cite news | title=Harman intends Labour deputy bid | date=15 सितम्बर 2006 | publisher=बीबीसी समाचार | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5350360.stm | accessdate=25 June 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061019035453/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5350360.stm | archive-date=19 अक्तूबर 2006 | url-status=live }}</ref> २७ नवम्बर २००६ को प्रेस एसोसिएशन ने प्रतिवेदना दी कि हर्मन ने यूगोव पर एक चुनावी सर्वेक्षण करवाया है जिसमें लोगों ने हर्मन को अगले आम चुनावों में लेबर पार्टी के लिये मत प्रतिशत बढाने के लिये सबसे संभावित व काबिल उपनेता माना है।<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/nov/27/labourleadership.labour "Harman would be most popular deputy PM, says poll"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090215130105/http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2006/nov/27/labourleadership.labour |date=15 फ़रवरी 2009 }}, ''द गार्डियन'' (Press Association), 27 November 2006</ref> बीबीसी को दिये गये एक साक्षात्कार में उन्होंने इस सूचना को आधार बनाकर स्वयं के लेबर पार्टी के अगली उप नेता बनने के दावे का जोरदार समर्थन किया।<ref>{{cite news | first=ब्रायन | last=व्हीलर | title=Interview: Harriet Harman | date=8 मार्च 2007 | publisher=बीबीसी समाचार | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6423761.stm | accessdate=25 June 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709001011/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6423761.stm | archive-date=9 जुलाई 2007 | url-status=live }}</ref>

उपनेता के अपने चुनाव प्रचार के दौरान उन्होंने [[इराक युद्ध]] का समर्थन किया लेकिन यह भी कहा कि अगर उन्हें यह तथ्य पता होते कि इराक के पास घातक हथियार होने के सबूत नहीं मिले हैं तो वह इस युद्ध के समर्थन में मत नहीं देतीं।<ref name='Whip'>{{cite news| title =Voting Record – Harriet Harman MP, Camberwell & Peckham| publisher =द पब्लिक व्हिप| url =http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip/member/1472#divisions| accessdate =३१ जुलाई २०१५| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20191018182619/https://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?id=uk.org.publicwhip%2Fmember%2F1472#divisions| archive-date =18 अक्तूबर 2019| url-status =dead}}</ref><ref name='Full'>{{cite news | title= Full Voting Record – Harriet Harman MP, Camberwell & Peckham | publisher= द पब्लिक व्हिप | url= http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Harriet_Harman&mpc=Camberwell+%26amp%3B+Peckham&display=allvotes#divisions | accessdate= ३१ जुलाई २०१५ | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105438/http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/mp.php?mpn=Harriet_Harman&mpc=Camberwell+%26amp%3B+Peckham&display=allvotes#divisions | archive-date= 24 सितंबर 2015 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

हर्मन को बड़े मजदूर संगठनों का समर्थन नहीं हासिल था और उन्होनें अपने चुनाव प्रचार के लिये £१०,००० का कर्ज लिया <ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2957667.ece |title=Harriet Harman may pay price for leaving her leader in lurch |first=फ्रान्सिस|last=एलियट्ट|first2= फिलिप|last2=वेबस्टर|first3=ग्रेग|last3=हर्स्ट|work=द टाइम्स|date=28 नवम्बर 2007 |accessdate=३१ जुलाई २०१५| location=London}}</ref> हर्मन समय पर खुद को मिले कुछ अनुदानों और ॠणों के बारें जानकारी नहीं दे पायीं और परिणाम स्वरूप उन्हें चुनाव नियम तोड़ने के कारण यूके की चुनाव संस्था की जांच का सामना करना पड़ा। आयोग ने उनके चुनावी नियमों को तोड़ने को एक गंभीर मामला माना लेकिन जांच पुलिस को नहीं सौंपी गई।<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7351154.stm|title=Harman reminded of donation rules|date=16 अप्रैल 2008|publisher=बीबीसी समाचार|accessdate=३१ जुलाई २०१५|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080420053525/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7351154.stm|archive-date=20 अप्रैल 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

२४ जून २००७ को एलन जॉनसन को एक कड़े मुकाबले में हराने के बाद हर्मन लेबर पार्टी की उपनेता चुनी गईं।<ref>{{cite news| first=मार्क| last=सेलमैन| first2=सैम| last2=कोट्स| title=Harriet Harman elected deputy leader of Labour Party| date=24 जून 2007| publisher=द टाइम्स| url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1979600.ece| accessdate=३१ जुलाई २०१५| location=लंदन| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630013226/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article1979600.ece| archive-date=30 जून 2009| url-status=live}}</ref>

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Harman was known as a long term supporter of [[Gordon Brown]] and is regarded as a personal friend.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/09/gordon-brown-harman-darling|title=Why pick fights with friends? Brown must ditch his pride|newspaper=द गार्डियन|accessdate= 18 December 2009 | location=London | first=Jackie | last=Ashley | date=9 March 2009}}</ref> On 28 June 2007, after she became Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Brown was appointed Prime Minister, Harman joined [[Brown Ministry|Brown's Cabinet]] as [[Leader of the House of Commons]], [[Lord Privy Seal]] and [[Minister for Women and Equality]], and was also given the title of Labour Party Chair. Unlike the previous Deputy Leader, John Prescott, Harman was not given the title of 'Deputy Prime Minister'.

When Harman, as Leader of the House of Commons, stood in for [[Gordon Brown]] during [[Prime minister's questions]] on Wednesday 2 April 2008 (due to the Prime Minister attending a [[NATO]] summit in [[Romania]]), she became the first female Labour Minister to take Prime Minister's Questions. She subsequently repeated this during Brown's absences.

Harman attacked the Conservative Party at the [[Labour Party Conference]] 2007, referring to them as the "nasty party" and suggesting that there would be little competition at the next election.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7016326.stm|title=Tories still nasty, says Harman|publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़| date=27 September 2007 | accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref>

On 1 April 2008 the ''[[Daily Mail]]'' reported that Harman had decided to wear a [[kevlar]]-reinforced [[stab vest]] while touring her [[Peckham]] constituency under police guard. On 2 April ''[[द गार्डियन]]'' relayed information from the [[Metropolitan Police]] that "the type of Met Vest she wore over her jacket protected her from knife attacks and bullets, and, for her at least, was optional".<ref name="GHHSP">{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/02/harrietharman |title=Armour furore leaves Harman wounded |first=Helen |last=Pidd |work=द गार्डियन |date=2 April 2008 |accessdate=2 April 2008 | location=London}}</ref> Harman compared the decision to wearing a [[hard hat]] while touring a building site, which led the BBC's [[John Humphrys]] to respond, during an interview for [[BBC Radio 4]], "You wear a hard hat on a building site because... there is the danger that something might drop on your head. You don't need to wear a bullet-proof vest on the streets of London, do you!" Harman told the BBC that the neighbourhood police team she was with put on their stab vests and gave her one to wear as well.<ref name="BBCN4">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7324123.stm |title=Harman defends wearing stab vest |publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़|date=1 April 2008 |accessdate=1 April 2008 }}</ref>

In April 2008, Harman's blog was hacked and changed to state that she had joined the Conservative Party. Harman later admitted when questioned by Sky News that the incident was a result of her using "Harriet" and "Harman" as her username and password.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/25/harriet_harman_website_hacked/|date=25 April 2008|work=The Register|title=Harman hack horror has blog backing Boris}}</ref>

===''The Family Way''===

Harman co-authored a 1990 [[Institute for Public Policy Research|IPPR]] report "The Family Way" which stated "it cannot be assumed that men are bound to be an asset to family life or that the presence of fathers in families is necessarily a means to social cohesion".<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7iD-OQAACAAJ The Family Way: A New Approach to Policy-making – Anna Coote, Harriet Harman, Patricia Hewitt – Google Books]</ref><ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k3OuYalUJ5cC Feminism: The Ugly Truth – Mike Buchanan – Google Books]</ref> In May 2008 an interview she gave to think tank [[Civitas (think tank)|Civitas]] Harman stated that there was "no ideal type of household in which to bring up children".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/1983066/Labour-Marriage-is-irrelevant-to-public-policy,-says-Harriet-Harman.html|title=Labour: Marriage is irrelevant to public policy, says Harriet Harman|work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first1=Martin | last1=Beckford | date=18 May 2008 | accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6753895/Harriet-Harman-not-Governments-role-to-support-marriage.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Harriet Harman: not Government's role to support marriage | first=Rosa | last=Prince | date=8 December 2009}}</ref>

In June 2008, two members of [[Fathers 4 Justice]] staged a protest on the roof of her house in [[Herne Hill]], South East London, with a banner that read: "A father is for life not just conception." After they climbed back off the roof they were arrested by the [[Metropolitan Police]] and bailed until 16 July 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7443284.stm|title=Father's rooftop protest goes on | publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़ | date=9 June 2008 | accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref> On the morning of 9 July 2008, Fathers 4 Justice again climbed on Harman's roof with a banner that read, "Stop war on dads."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7496804.stm|title=Fathers protest on Harman's roof | publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़ | date=9 July 2008 | accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref> One of the complaints of the protesters was that Harman had refused their requests for a meeting yet she denied that they had even requested such a meeting.<ref name="Independent F4J protest">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/fathers-4-justice-stage-rooftop-protest-at-harmans-home-842776.html |title=Fathers 4 Justice stage rooftop protest at Harman's home |work=The Independent |date=9 June 2008 |accessdate=12 April 2010 | location=London | first1=Beverley | last1=Rouse | first2=Sam | last2=Marsden}}</ref>

===Use of statistics===
During the [[Great Recession|Late-2000s recession]], and following a government report which suggested that women were twice as likely to lose their jobs as men and feared losing their jobs more than men, Harman stated: "We will not allow women to become the victims of this recession".<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article5581549.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164 Women losing jobs twice as fast as men] ''The Times'', 25 January 2009</ref> However, some statistics contradicted her position, including the Office for National Statistics report on the issue which stated "the economic downturn in 2008 has impacted less on women in employment than men". According to the ONS, men were losing their jobs at twice the rate of women. The Government Equalities Office insisted the ONS figures did not render pointless its efforts to help women.<ref>{{cite news|last=Beckford |first=Martin |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/recession/4949315/Office-for-National-Statistics-contradicts-Government-again-with-female-employment-figures.html |title=Office for National Statistics contradicts Government again with female employment figures |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=7 March 2009 |accessdate=12 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=2145 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20110629140847/http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=2145 |archivedate=29 June 2011 |publisher=National Statistics Online |title=Women in the Labour Market|date= 6 March 2009 |accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Harriet Harman, January 2009 2.jpg|thumb|Harman in 2009]]
In June 2009, [[Michael Scholar|Sir Michael Scholar]], head of the [[UK Statistics Authority]], wrote to Harman to warn her that different headline figures used by the ONS and Government Equalities Office with regards to pay differentiation between men and women might undermine public trust in official statistics. The GEO's headline figure was 23%, which was based on median hourly earnings of all employees, not the 12.8%, based on median hourly earnings of full-time employees only, used by the ONS. Scholar wrote: "It is the Statistics Authority’s view that use of the 23% on its own, without qualification, risks giving a misleading quantification of the gender pay gap".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports---correspondence/correspondence/letter-from-sir-michael-scholar-to-harriet-harman-qc-mp-11-june-2009-and-m-a-note.pdf |title=Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Michael Scholar KCB |format=PDF |accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8096761.stm | publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़ | title=Harman pay gap data 'misleading' | date=12 June 2009}}</ref>

===MPs' expenses===
In January 2009, Harman proposed a rule change to exempt MPs' expenses from the [[Freedom of Information Act]]. Her parliamentary order aimed to remove "most expenditure information held by either House of Parliament from the scope of the Freedom of Information Act". It meant that, under the law, journalists and members of the public would no longer be entitled to learn details of their MP's expenses. Labour MPs were to be pressured to vote for this measure by use of a [[three line whip]]. Her proposal was withdrawn when the Conservative Party said they would vote against, and an online campaign by [[mySociety]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=42836 |title=FoI campaigners condemn MPs' bid to hide expenses |work=Press Gazette |date=15 January 2009 |accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref> The failure of the motion led to the [[United Kingdom parliamentary expenses scandal|disclosure of expenses of British members of parliament]].

In December 2010 it emerged that Harman was amongst 40 MPs who had secretly repaid wrongly claimed expenses between 2008 and 2010. In November 2010 Harman's parliamentary private secretary [[Ian Lavery]] had blocked a motion designed to allow the repayments to be made public.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/8192570/MPs-expenses-17-MPs-were-re-elected-after-secret-deals-on-expenses.html | location=London | work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Martin | last=Beckford | title=MPs' expenses: 17 MPs were re-elected after secret deals on expenses | date=9 December 2010}}</ref>

===Loyalty===
In November 2010, ''[[The Times]]'' reported<ref>{{cite news |title=How Gordon's goose escaped the oven |author-link=Rachel Sylvester|first=Rachel |last=Sylvester| author2-link=Tom Baldwin (journalist)|first2=Tom |last2=Baldwin |work=[[The Times]] |date=19 November 2010| location=London}}</ref> that at the end of 2009 Harman had hosted a new year's house party at her second home in [[Suffolk]] with guests including [[Patricia Hewitt]], at "least one other minister" and another MP. It reported that she told guests that [[Gordon Brown]] was "hopeless" and that there were at least five members of the Cabinet who would tell Gordon Brown that he should resign.{{citation needed|date=मार्च 2015}}

===Equality bill===
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As part of a proposed [[Equality Bill]], Harman announced a consultation on changing the existing discrimination laws, including options for [[reverse discrimination]] in employment. Under the proposals, employers would be legally allowed to discriminate in favour of a job candidate on the basis of their race or gender where the candidates were otherwise equally qualified. Employers would not be required to use these powers, but would be able to do so without the threat of legal action for discriminatory practices. The white paper also proposed measures to end age discrimination, promote transparency in organisations and introduce a new equality duty on the public sector.<ref>{{Cite book| first = Harriet | last = Harman | title = Framework for a Fairer Future – The Equalities Bill | year = 2008 | page = 40 | place = London | publisher = HMSO | url = http://www.equalities.gov.uk/publications/FRAMEWORK%20FAIRER%20FUTURE.pdf|format=PDF}}</ref> These changes, if made, could face a challenge under Article 14 of the [[European Convention on Human Rights]], which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, race, colour, language, religion and on several other criteria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://conventions.coe.int/treaty/en/Treaties/Html/005.htm |title=Council of Europe – ETS no. 005 – Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms |publisher=Conventions.coe.int |accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref> Michael Millar, writing in ''[[The Spectator]]'', was of the opinion that, "The Equality Bill before parliament today gives employers the right to choose an ethnic minority candidate or female candidate over a white male, specifically because they are an ethnic minority or female."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/798356/harriet-harman-unleashes-positive-discrimination.thtml |title=Harriet Harman unleashes positive discrimination |newspaper=The Spectator |accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref>

Harman also commissioned a report on allowing political parties to draw up all-black shortlists<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3341874.ece|title=Harriet Harman in plan to give parties all-black shortlists|work=The Times | location=London | first=Marie | last=Woolf | date=10 February 2008 | accessdate=4 May 2010}}</ref> designed to increase the number of black MPs in Westminster. A further report proposed extended the arrangement allowing [[all-women shortlists]] beyond 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hansardsociety.org.uk/blogs/publications/archive/2007/10/01/Women-at-the-Top-2005.aspx|title=Women at the Top 2005: Changing Numbers, Changing Politics? (November 2005)|publisher=Hansard Society}}</ref> which will fail to have any impact in the 2010 general election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldsuffragette.mcpherson.org.uk/General%20Election%202010.html |title=McPherson S (2010) General Election 2010: Women, Fascism and Democracy |publisher=Oldsuffragette.mcpherson.org.uk |accessdate=29 April 2010}}</ref> These proposals are supported by members of the three major parties, though no others allow discrimination in their shortlists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080626/debtext/80626-0004.htm#08062679000001|title=House of Commons Hansard Debates for 26&nbsp;June 2008 (pt 0004)|publisher=UK Parliament}}</ref> Inside the Labour Party, Harman has said she does "not agree with all-male leaderships" because men "cannot be left to run things on their own"; and that, consequently, one of Labour's top two posts should always be held by a woman.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8180195.stm|title=Labour 'men-only leadership' over |publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़|date=2 August 2009|accessdate=2 August 2009}}</ref> She had also stated that the collapse of Lehman Brothers might have been averted had it been 'Lehman Sisters'. These comments caused accusations of sexism and "insidious bigotry".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8281812/Are-men-victims-of-obnoxious-feminism.html |title=Are men victims of obnoxious feminism? |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date= 26 January 2011|accessdate=25 February 2014 |location=London |first1=Dominic |last1=Raab |first2=Fay |last2=Weldon}}</ref>

==Return to Opposition==
Following the resignation of [[Gordon Brown]] as Prime Minister and [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] on 11 May 2010, Harman automatically became the temporary leader of the party as well as the [[Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom)|Leader of the Opposition]], entitling her to the salary and government car that come with the role. Although she was informally described in the media as 'Acting' Leader, she was fully Leader by the terms of the party's constitution, albeit on a temporary basis, as was the case with [[Margaret Beckett]] in 1994.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.savethelabourparty.org/labourpartyrulebook2008.pdf|title=Labour Party Rule Book 2008|publisher=The Labour Party|quote="When the party is in opposition and the party leader, for whatever reason, becomes permanently unavailable, the deputy leader shall automatically become party leader on a pro-tem basis."|accessdate=12 May 2010}}</ref>

Following Brown's resignation, she quickly announced that she would remain Deputy Leader rather than standing for [[Labour Party (UK) leadership election, 2010|election as Leader]]. Her only public explanation was the assertion that: “You can’t run for leader at the same time as being deputy leader”.<ref>{{cite news|last=Prince |first=Rosa |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/7713246/Harriet-Harman-is-acting-leader-of-the-Labour-Party.html |title=Harriet Harman is acting leader of the Labour Party |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=12 May 2010|accessdate=5 June 2010 |location=London}}</ref>

She nominated [[Diane Abbott]], MP for [[Hackney North and Stoke Newington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hackney North and Stoke Newington]], to prevent the election from being all male. But she nonetheless asserted her intention to remain neutral throughout the contest and said, "This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the party."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/politics/10303473.stm |title=Abbott will give male rivals a good run, says Harman |date=13 June 2010 |publisher=[[BBC]] |accessdate=13 June 2010}}</ref>

Following [[Ed Miliband]]'s election as leader, she returned to her role as Deputy Leader, shadowing [[Nick Clegg]] as [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] and with the title of Deputy Leader of the Opposition.<ref name="The Shadow Cabinet">{{cite web |url=http://www2.labour.org.uk/shadow-cabinet |title=The Shadow Cabinet |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/62BCU5xVj |archivedate=4 October 2011 |publisher=Labour.org.uk}}{{cite web |url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/harriet-harman/25677 |title=The Rt Hon Harriet Harman |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/62BD3Mt7i |archivedate=4 October 2011 |publisher=House of Commons Information Office}}</ref> When Miliband assigned portfolios on 8 October 2010, he appointed her [[Shadow Secretary of State for International Development]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/08/shadow-cabinet-labour-ed-miliband?showallcomments=true |title=Shadow cabinet appointments – as it happened |date=8 October 2010 |work=द गार्डियन | location=London | first=Andrew | last=Sparrow}}</ref> In 2010, Harman referred to [[Danny Alexander]] as a "ginger rodent" in a speech to the [[Scottish Labour Party]] conference. This was greeted with cheers and laughter from the conference, but the [[Liberal Democrats]] and the [[Scottish National Party]] described them as [[gingerism]] and "anti-Scottish". Harman apologised for the offence caused. In 2011, Harman was moved to become [[Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport]]. In 2014, she accused [[Nick Clegg]] of turning into a Tory during Prime Minister's Questions.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10495065/Sketch-Harriet-Harmans-big-brake.html|title=Harriet Harman's big brake|date=14 January 2014 |work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | first=Michael | last=Deacon}}</ref>

===Paedophile Information Exchange allegations and response===
In February 2014, Harman denied allegations that she had supported the [[Paedophile Information Exchange]] (PIE) when the advocacy group was affiliated with the [[National Council for Civil Liberties]] (NCCL), while she was the pressure group's Legal Officer from 1978 to 1982. The Conservative-leaning ''[[Daily Mail]]'' and ''[[Daily Telegraph]]'' also claimed that [[Jack Dromey]] MP (her partner) and former Health Secretary [[Patricia Hewitt]] had offered support to apologists for the sexual abuse of children while they were working for NCCL.

In a television interview, Harman said she had "nothing to apologise for," stating "I very much regret that this vile organisation, PIE, ever existed and that it ever had anything to do with NCCL, but it did not affect my work at NCCL."<ref>{{cite news|first=Norman |last=Smith |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26333558 |title=Harriet Harman expresses 'regret' after Daily Mail claims |publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़ |date=1 January 1970 |accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref> Harman stated that while she did support the equalisation of the age of consent for gay men she had never campaigned for the age of consent to go below the age of 16 and accused the ''Daily Mail'' of trying to make her "guilty by way of association".<ref name="guard pie">{{cite news|first=Rowena |last=Mason|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/feb/24/harriet-harman-daily-mail-paedophile-campaign-allegations |title=Harriet Harman rejects allegations of 1970s link to paedophile campaign |newspaper=द गार्डियन |location=London |accessdate=25 February 2014}}</ref> 
[[Ed Miliband]] backed Harman and stated that she had "huge decency and integrity".<ref name="guard pie" />

The ''Daily Mail'' disputed Harman's claim that "anybody could join the NCCL simply by paying a fee"<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567329/Call-apology-Harriet-Harman-Labours-deputy-leader-expresses-regret-civil-liberties-groups-links-paedophile-lobby.html |title=Harriet Harman expresses 'regret' over links to paedophile lobby |newspaper=Daily Mail |accessdate=25 February 2014 |location=London}}</ref> whilst the ''Daily Telegraph'' cast doubt on her assertion that the PIE had been "pushed to the margins" before Harman had joined the NCCL.<ref name="tele">Georgia Graham [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/10667776/Harriet-Harman-should-apologise-for-paedophile-group-links-Cameron-suggests.html "Harriet Harman should apologise for paedophile group links, Cameron suggests"], ''The Daily Telegraph'' (London), 28 February 2014</ref>

===Aftermath of the 2015 General Election===

Following the [[2015 UK General Election|2015 General Election]] and [[Ed Miliband]]'s resignation, Harman again became acting leader of the Labour party and [[Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition]] after announcing that she would stand down from this role once a Labour leadership election has taken place.<ref>http://www.itv.com/news/update/2015-05-08/harriet-harman-stepping-down-as-labour-deputy-leader/</ref>

==Personal life==
Harman married [[Jack Dromey]] in 1982 in [[London Borough of Brent|Brent]], London, after meeting him on the picket line of the [[Grunwick dispute]] in 1977; she was legal advisor to the Grunwick Strike Committee. They have two sons (born February 1983 and November 1984) and a daughter, Amy (born January 1987), with the latter having the surname "Harman".<ref>192.com</ref> Labour colleague [[Patricia Hewitt]] is godmother to one of her children.<ref name="timesonline.co.uk"/> She has a house in Suffolk,<ref name="t_speeding"/> in addition to her home in Herne Hill, south London.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7443284.stm|title=Father's rooftop protest goes on |date=9 June 2008|publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़ |accessdate=17 January 2010}}</ref>

In 1996, Harman sent her younger son Joseph to [[St Olave's Grammar School]], [[Orpington]], a selective grammar school, whereas she had sent her elder son Harry to the Roman Catholic [[London Oratory School]], a [[grant-maintained school]]. Harman said of St. Olave's: "This is a state school that other children in my son's class will be going to... And admission is open to every child in Southwark irrespective of money or who their parents are". In fact, whilst every child in Southwark was eligible to ''apply'' for admission to St. Olave's Grammar School, places were awarded based on academic ability. Admission was open only to those applicants who achieved the highest scores in a selective examination, offered once a year, on a Saturday, at the school site in the London Borough of Bromley. That year, 90 places were available and approximately 700 candidates took the examination.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/why-my-son-will-go-to-grammar-school-by-harriet-harman-1324835.html|title=Why my son will go to Grammar School|work=The Independent|accessdate=2 July 2009 | location=London | first=Donald | last=MacIntyre | date=20 January 1996}}</ref>

Harman is a committed feminist, having said, "I am in the Labour Party because I am a feminist. I am in the Labour Party because I believe in equality."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2843875.ece |title=Harriet the plotter and the not terribly secret chamber of her old feminist friends |work=The Times |date=10 November 2007 |accessdate=27 February 2010 | location=London | first1=Helen | last1=Rumbelow}}</ref>

Harman owns a number of houses and properties, including a house in [[Suffolk]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/19/nharman119.xml|title=Harriet Harman avoids court over speeding|first=David|last=Sapsted|date=21 September 2007|accessdate=2 December 2007|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|location=London}}</ref> in addition to a home in [[Herne Hill]], south London.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7443284.stm|title=Father's rooftop protest goes on|publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़|date=9 June 2008|accessdate=12 April 2010}}</ref>

===Motoring convictions===
In 2003, Harman was fined £400 and banned from driving for seven days after being convicted of driving at {{convert|99|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} on a motorway, {{convert|29|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} above the [[speed limit]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2748411.stm|title=Harman banned for speeding|publisher=[[बीबीसी न्यूज़]]| date=11 February 2003 | accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref>

In 2007, Harman was issued with a £60 [[fixed penalty notice]] and given three [[point system (driving)|penalty points]] on her licence for driving at {{convert|50|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} in a temporary {{convert|40|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}} zone. Harman paid the fine several months late and avoided appearing at [[Ipswich]] magistrates court.<ref name="t_speeding">{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/09/19/nharman119.xml |title=Harriet Harman avoids court over speeding |first=David |last=Sapsted |date=21 September 2007|accessdate=2 December 2007|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] | location=London}}</ref> Harman was again caught breaking the speed limit the following April, this time in a 30&nbsp;mph zone, receiving a further 3 points on her driving licence.<ref>{{cite news|last=Laing |first=Aislinn |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/6952065/Harriet-Harman-fined-over-careless-driving-while-on-mobile-phone.html |title=Harriet Harman fined over careless driving while on mobile phone |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=9 January 2010 |accessdate=12 April 2010 | location=London}}</ref>

In January 2010, Harman pleaded guilty to [[driving without due care and attention]] in relation to an incident on 3 July where she struck another vehicle whilst [[Mobile phones and driving safety|driving using a mobile phone]], she admitted the offence in court.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6980682.ece Harriet Harman pleads guilty to careless driving] ''The Times'', 8 January 2010</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8369371.stm|title=Harriet Harman faces driving with mobile prosecution|date=19 November 2009|publisher=बीबीसी न्यूज़|accessdate=21 November 2009}}</ref> Harman was fined £350, ordered to pay £70 costs, a £15 [[victim surcharge]] and had three points added to her licence.<ref>{{cite news| title = Harman questioned over car crash| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8289159.stm| publisher=[[बीबीसी न्यूज़]]| publisher =[[BBC]]| location = London| date = 3 October 2009|accessdate=7 October 2009}}</ref> Road safety organisations such as [[Brake (charity)|Brake]] condemned the leniency of the punishment and decision to drop the charge of driving whilst using a mobile phone.<ref>{{cite news|last=Greenwood |first=Chris |url=http://news.scotsman.com/politics/39Letting-Harriet-Harman-off-for.5968669.jp |title=Letting Harriet Harman off for driving with a mobile sends wrong message|newspaper=The Scotsman|date=9 January 2010 |accessdate=12 April 2010 |location=Edinburgh}}</ref> The judge defended the decision stating "Ms Harman's guilty plea to driving without due care and attention included her admitting that she had been using a mobile phone at the time".<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article6981399.ece Harriet Harman escapes driving ban after using mobile while driving] ''The Times'', 9 January 2010</ref>
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==नाम शैली==
* हैरेट हर्मन (1950–1982)
* हैरिएट हर्मन सांसद (1982–1997)
* द राइट ऑनरेबल हैरिएट हर्मन सांसद (1997–2001)
* द राइट ऑनरेबल हैरिएट हर्मन QC सांसद (2001–)<ref>{{cite news| title = In brief| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/jun/15/3| work= द गार्ज़ियन| location = लंदन| date = 15 जून 2001|accessdate=4 मार्च 2012}}</ref>

== सन्दर्भ ==
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==प्रकाशन==
* ''Sex Discrimination in Schools: How to Fight it'' :हैरिएट हर्मन, 1978, सिविल लिबर्टीज़ ट्रस्ट ISBN 0-901108-73-1
* ''Justice Deserted: Subversion of the Jury'' :हैरिएट हर्मन, 1979, सिविल लिबर्टीज़ ट्रस्ट ISBN 0-901108-79-0
* ''Violence Against Social Workers: The Implications for Practice'' :डैन नॉरिस, प्रस्तावना: हैरिएट हर्मन, जेसिका किंग्स्ले प्रकाशन ISBN 1-85302-041-9
* ''The Family Way: A New Approach to Policy Making'' :हैरिएट हर्मन, 1990, Institute for Public Policy Research ISBN 1-872452-15-9
* ''The Century Gap: 20th Century Man/21st Century Woman'' :हैरिएट हर्मन, 1993, वर्मिलियॉन ISBN 0-09-177819-0
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150722215430/http://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/objects/lse:num803zid Winning for Women]'' :हैरिएट हर्मन और डेबोरा मैटिन्सन, 2000, फैबियन सोसाइटी ISBN 0-7163-0596-8
* ''Women with Attitude'' by सुजन विनिकॉम्ब, जॉन बैंक, प्रस्तावना: हैरिएट हर्मन, 2002, राउटलेज ISBN 0-415-28742-1

==बाहरी कड़ियाँ==
{{Commons category|Harriet Harman}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150803051851/http://www.harrietharman.org/ Harriet Harman] ''आधिकारिक वेबसाइट''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150923173444/http://www.southwarklabour.co.uk/ साउथवाक लेबर]

;वीडियो
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080727000242/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7407216.stm Harman on Tory 'toff' campaign] बीबीसी समाचार, 18 मई 2008
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== इन्हें भी देखें ==
* [[Shadow Cabinet of Ed Miliband]]
* [[First Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman]]
* [[Second Shadow Cabinet of Harriet Harman]]
* [[Shadow Cabinet of Tony Blair]]
* [[Shadow Cabinet of John Smith]]
* Shadow Cabinet elections: [[Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1992|1992]], [[Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1993|1993]], [[Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1994|1994]], [[Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1995|1995]], and [[Labour Party (UK) Shadow Cabinet election, 1996|1996]]

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