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MPs on all sides pay tribute to 'kind, brilliant' Labour MP Paul Goggins MPs on all sides pay tribute to 'kind, brilliant' Labour MP Paul Goggins
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Ed Miliband and David Cameron have led warm tributes from across the political spectrum to the former Labour home office minister Paul Goggins, who has died after suffering a suspected brain haemorrhage while running on 30 December. Ed Miliband and David Cameron have led warm tributes from across the political spectrum to Labour's former Home Office minister Paul Goggins, who has died a week after suffering a suspected brain haemorrhage while running.
The MP's family confirmed that Goggins, 60, one of the most admired and respected MPs at Westminster, who was taken to hospital after collapsing while running with his son, died on Tuesday night. Goggins, 60, one of the most admired and respected MPs at Westminster, was taken to hospital after collapsing while running with his son on 30 December. His family said he died on Tuesday night.
Miliband said the Labour party had lost one of its "most dignified, humane, wise and loyal MPs". David Cameron described Goggins at prime minister's questions as "a kind and a brilliant man" who believed profoundly in public service. Miliband said the Labour party had lost one of its "most dignified, humane, wise and loyal MPs". During prime minister's questions, Cameron said Goggins was "a kind and a brilliant man" who believed profoundly in public service.
John Bercow, the commons speaker, delayed the start of Wales Office questions to pay tribute to Goggins as "principled, eloquent, tireless, unfailingly courteous, measured and respectful". John Bercow, the Commons speaker, delayed the start of Wales Office questions to pay tribute to Goggins, whom he described as "principled, eloquent, tireless, unfailingly courteous, measured and respectful".
David Blunkett, the former home secretary who gave Goggins his first promotion as his parliamentary aide in 2000 after Goggins' election as MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East in 1997, said: "All of us are literally in shock. This was someone who was in a different mould to the rest of us." David Blunkett, the former home secretary who gave Goggins his first promotion as his parliamentary aide in 2000 after Goggins's election as MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East in 1997, said: "All of us are literally in shock. This was someone who was in a different mould to the rest of us."
The Goggins family – his wife, Wyn, and three grown-up children, Matthew, Theresa and Dominic, who remained at his bedside after his collapse – confirmed his death in a statement issued to the Manchester Evening News. The family said: "Last night Paul Goggins, our dear dad and husband, died in hospital in Salford with us by his side. We are completely heartbroken. The Goggins family – his wife, Wyn, and three grownup children, Matthew, Theresa and Dominic – said in a statement issued to the Manchester Evening News: "Last night Paul Goggins, our dear dad and husband, died in hospital in Salford with us by his side. We are completely heartbroken.
"He had been very ill since collapsing last week. The way in which he has been cared for at Salford Royal has been such a comfort to us and we can't thank the staff enough for this. "He had been very ill since collapsing last week. The way in which he has been cared for at Salford Royal has been such a comfort to us and we can't thank the staff enough for this. We have been overwhelmed by the support and good wishes we have received from so many people – a real sign of love and a reflection of the sort of person Paul/Dad was. We would also like to thank the media for continuing to respect our privacy at such a difficult time."
"We have been overwhelmed by the support and good wishes we have received from so many people – a real sign of love and a reflection of the sort of person Paul/Dad was. We would also like to thank the media for continuing to respect our privacy at such a difficult time." Goggins was appointed junior Home Office minister in 2003 after forging a strong political relationship with Blunkett as his parliamentary aide. He was later appointed as a minister of state at the Northern Ireland Office. He was recently a member of parliament's intelligence and security committee.
Goggins was appointed junior Home Office minister in 2003 after forging a strong political relationship with Blunkett, as his parliamentary aide. He was later appointed as a minister of state at the Northern Ireland Office. He was recently a member of parliament's intelligence and security committee.
Miliband told MPs: "Paul Goggins … was one of the kindest, most decent people in this house. He was someone of the deepest principle. It shone throughout his career – social worker, councillor, MP and minister. It is a measure of the man and his ability that he earned the respect, trust and affection of all sides in Northern Ireland. The Labour party has lost one of its own and one of its best. Our deepest condolences go to his wife, Wyn, his children, Matthew, Theresa [and] Dominic, and indeed to his whole family."Miliband told MPs: "Paul Goggins … was one of the kindest, most decent people in this house. He was someone of the deepest principle. It shone throughout his career – social worker, councillor, MP and minister. It is a measure of the man and his ability that he earned the respect, trust and affection of all sides in Northern Ireland. The Labour party has lost one of its own and one of its best. Our deepest condolences go to his wife, Wyn, his children, Matthew, Theresa [and] Dominic, and indeed to his whole family."
Cameron told MPs: "I know that the sudden death of Paul Goggins will have shocked everyone across this house. He was a kind and a brilliant man who believed profoundly in public service.Cameron told MPs: "I know that the sudden death of Paul Goggins will have shocked everyone across this house. He was a kind and a brilliant man who believed profoundly in public service.
"Paul cared deeply about the welfare of children and about the importance of social work. And he brought his own very clear experience to bear as an MP and a minister. He did vital work as a Northern Ireland minister, playing a quiet but essential role in delivering the absolutely essential devolution of policing and justice powers in Northern Ireland. He was liked and admired right across the house and always treated everyone, in whatever circumstances, with respect. He will be greatly missed and we send our condolences to his wife, Wyn, his children and to his family.""Paul cared deeply about the welfare of children and about the importance of social work. And he brought his own very clear experience to bear as an MP and a minister. He did vital work as a Northern Ireland minister, playing a quiet but essential role in delivering the absolutely essential devolution of policing and justice powers in Northern Ireland. He was liked and admired right across the house and always treated everyone, in whatever circumstances, with respect. He will be greatly missed and we send our condolences to his wife, Wyn, his children and to his family."
In a statement to MPs, Bercow said: "Whether working for the rehabilitation of prisoners or striving for peace in Northern Ireland, [Goggins] was always the same - principled, eloquent, tireless, unfailingly courteous, measured and respectful. In a statement to MPs, Bercow said: "Whether working for the rehabilitation of prisoners or striving for peace in Northern Ireland, [Goggins] was always the same – principled, eloquent, tireless, unfailingly courteous, measured and respectful.
"He always played the ball, never the man or the woman. [He was] an outstanding public servant who came into politics for all the right reasons, whose passing is a loss on so many levels. The house has lost a valued colleague, his constituency a faithful representative, his party an outstanding ambassador, and above all his family a loving husband, father and grandfather.""He always played the ball, never the man or the woman. [He was] an outstanding public servant who came into politics for all the right reasons, whose passing is a loss on so many levels. The house has lost a valued colleague, his constituency a faithful representative, his party an outstanding ambassador, and above all his family a loving husband, father and grandfather."
Blunkett said: "All of us are literally in shock. This was someone who was in a different mould to the rest of us. Blunkett said: "All of us are literally in shock. This was someone who was in a different mould to the rest of us. Never in the whole of the years I knew Paul did he ever say anything unpleasant or hurtful about any other human being. He was the kind of person against whom you would benchmark your own values, and personal and political behaviour.
"Never in the whole of the years I knew Paul did he ever say anything unpleasant or hurtful about any other human being. He was the kind of person against whom you would benchmark your own values, and personal and political behaviour. "When someone dies there are often eulogies paid to them that would never have been thought in their lifetime. This is different. What people feel and think now, they thought about Paul Goggins when he was alive. We will miss him terribly, but so will public life, given the enormous contribution that he made in the Home Office, in Northern Ireland and above all for his constituents, and his tireless work in persuading others to do the right thing."
"When someone dies there are often eulogies paid to them that would never have been thought in their lifetime. This is different. What people feel and think now, they thought about Paul Goggins when he was alive. Tony Blair said: "Paul was an outstanding public servant, a lovely man and a good friend. He was generous, decent and compassionate. I remember him as a great colleague who after being a distinguished minister at the Home Office was then minister for Northern Ireland where he played a very significant part in creating the circumstances for peace. My sympathy, condolences and prayers are with him and his family, of whom he was always justly proud."
"We will miss him terribly, but so will public life, given the enormous contribution that he made in the Home Office, in Northern Ireland and above all for his constituents, and his tireless work in persuading others to do the right thing. There is nothing more that can be said." Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, who was a close friend of Goggins', told the Manchester Evening News: "Paul was a true friend and guide to me and I am devastated by his loss. He personified everything that is good about politics, and his values and sheer decency shone through in everything he did.
Tony Blair said: "Paul was an outstanding public servant, a lovely man and a good friend. He was generous, decent and compassionate. "Paul was utterly devoted to his constituents and the causes he championed. He was everything a good MP should be and someone in politics for the right reasons. The disadvantaged and dispossessed have lost a true champion in Paul Goggins and parliament is the poorer for his passing."
"I remember him as a great colleague who after being a distinguished minister at the Home Office was then minister for Northern Ireland where he played a very significant part in creating the circumstances for peace. My sympathy, condolences and prayers are with him and his family, of whom he was always justly proud."
Andy Burnham, the shadow health secretary, who was a close friend, told the Manchester Evening News: "Paul was a true friend and guide to me and I am devastated by his loss. He personified everything that is good about politics, and his values and sheer decency shone through in everything he did.
"Paul was utterly devoted to his constituents and the causes he championed. He was everything a good MP should be and someone in politics for the right reasons.
"The disadvantaged and dispossessed have lost a true champion in Paul Goggins and parliament is the poorer for his passing."
Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Liberal Democrat leader, said: "Paul Goggins embodied all the best qualities of an outstanding MP. Both as a minister and as a constituency MP he was thorough, committed and professional.Sir Menzies Campbell, the former Liberal Democrat leader, said: "Paul Goggins embodied all the best qualities of an outstanding MP. Both as a minister and as a constituency MP he was thorough, committed and professional.
"As a fellow member of the intelligence and security committee I have very good cause to remember his incisive contributions to its work. Parliament and the nation have lost an outstanding talent.""As a fellow member of the intelligence and security committee I have very good cause to remember his incisive contributions to its work. Parliament and the nation have lost an outstanding talent."
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