The House of Commons Standards Committee today publishes a report on the standards landscape: how MPs’ standards and conduct are regulated.
Read the report in full
As part of its inquiry into the House of Commons standards landscape, the Committee on Standards has arranged a number of oral evidence sessions which will take place over the coming weeks.
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As announced in the Chamber this afternoon, Harriet Harman MP has been elected to serve as the Chair of the Committee on Standards, and will begin the position with immediate effect.
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✅ Tightening loopholes
✅ Improving transparency
✅ Outright ban on paid parliamentary advice
Hear from the Chair of the Committee on Standards ahead of the new Code of Conduct for MPs coming into effect on 1st March
✅ Tightening loopholes
✅ Improving transparency
✅ Outright ban on paid parliamentary advice
Hear from the Chair of the Committee on Standards ahead of the new Code of Conduct for MPs coming into effect on 1st March
In December, the Commons approved a new refreshed Code of Conduct for MPs with new measures to tighten lobbying rules, remove loopholes and ban paid parliamentary advice. Read more about the Committee’s recommendations and what happens next here:
In the Chamber,
@RhonddaBryant
will later open the
#BackbenchBusiness
debate on the Committee on Standards’ Review of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.
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Read the report and proposals on our website:
The Committee on Standards is now hearing evidence from
@PublicStandards
members Lord Evans and Dr Jane Martin. They’re giving evidence on the Committee’s review of the Code of Conduct. Watch the session live here:
#CodeOfConduct
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Our new wide-ranging inquiry into the rules and regulation of All-Party Parliamentary Groups.
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The Committee has announced a review of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament. Read about the inquiry and submit evidence to it here:
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