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‘(c)
Part 3.’.

Mr Christopher Chope

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Clause  42,  page  48,  line  31,  leave out subsections (3) to (6).

Mr Christopher Chope

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Clause  42,  page  49,  line  13,  leave out subsections (7) and (8).

Mr Christopher Chope

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Clause  42,  page  49,  line  24,  leave out subsection (9).

Mr Christopher Chope

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Clause  43,  page  49,  line  41,  leave out subsection (3).

REMAINING NEW CLAUSES

Review of potential for conflicts of interest

Caroline Lucas

NC8

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Within one month of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct

the Committee for Standards in Public Life to carry out a review into the potential

for conflicts of interest arising from the movement of individuals between

positions of public office and jobs in the private sector, in either direction.

(2)
The report under subsection (1) shall cover but not be limited to the following—

(a)
benefits of such movement including understanding, communication and

sharing of expertise between public officials and business and the third

sector,

(b)
risks that government officials will be influenced in their policy or

procurement decisions by the interests of past or prospective employers,

(c)
whether conflicts of interest arise particularly for individuals in

government who have responsibilities to regulate business activity or

who are charged with procuring,

(d)
the impact of such movements on public perceptions of government and

Parliament,

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(e)
the functioning of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

(ACoBA) including—

(i)
resources and powers to regulate the post-public employment of

former Ministers and public servants,

(ii)
the process of assessing potential risk areas,

(iii)
whether rulings issued by ACoBA or a future body carrying out

a similar function should be mandatory,

(iv)
whether the period during which former Ministers and crown

servants must undergo scrutiny for appointments in the private

sector should be extended,

(v)
the extension of ACoBA’s remit to cover appointments to non-

commercial entities,

(vi)
disclosure of information about the procedures for assessing

applications and the reasons for judgements,

(f)
the potential for IPSA (the Independent Parliamentary Standards

Authority) to provide post-public employment rules for hon. Members.

(3)
Public consultation must be undertaken as part of this review.

(4)
The Secretary of State shall lay a copy of a report before both Houses of

Parliament detailing the findings of this review within six months of giving the

instruction under subsection (1).’.

Jon Trickett

Ms Angela Eagle

Angela Smith

Thomas Docherty

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Title,  line  2,  leave out ‘consultant’ and insert ‘professional’.

ORDER OF THE HOUSE [3 SEPTEMBER 2013]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party

Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill:

Committal

1.
The Bill shall be committed to a Committee of the whole House.

Proceedings in Committee

2.
Proceedings in the Committee of the whole House shall be completed in three

days.

3.
The proceedings shall be taken on the days shown in the first column of the

following table and in the order so shown.

4.
The proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at the times specified in the second column of the Table.

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              TABLE

Proceedings
Time for conclusion of proceedings

First day

Clauses 1 and 2, Schedule 1, Clause
The moment of interruption on the

3, Schedule 2, Clauses 4 to 25, new
first day

Clauses relating to Part 1, new

Schedules relating to Part 1

Second day

Clause 26, Schedule 3, Clauses 27
The moment of interruption on the

to 32, Schedule 4, Clauses 33 to 35,
second day

new Clauses relating to Part 2, new

Schedules relating to Part 2

Third day

Part 3, new Clauses relating to Part
The moment of interruption on the

3, new Schedules relating to Part 3,
third day

Part 4, remaining new Clauses,

remaining new Schedules,

remaining proceedings on the Bill

Consideration and Third Reading

5.
Any proceedings on Consideration and proceedings on Third Reading shall

be taken in two days in accordance with the following provisions of this

Order.

6.
Any proceedings on Consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded)

be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

second day.

7.
Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on the second day.

Programming Committees

8.
Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to the

proceedings on the Bill in Committee of the whole House, to any proceedings

on Consideration or to proceedings on Third Reading.

Other Proceedings

9.
Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

Consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.



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