Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards - Report

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Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 July 2006.

Contents

Foreword

1  Strengthening the Standards System

Review of the Code of Conduct

Review of the Rules relating to the Conduct of Members

The Electoral Administration Bill

Draft Corruption Bill

Appointment of Adviser on Ministerial Interests

2  Emphasising Prevention

Briefing Members

Preparation of the First Register of the New Parliament

Advising the House and Individual Members

3  Considering Complaints

Overview: A Pleasing Reduction

Complaints in 2005-06

Members the Subject of Complaints in 2005-06

Reports to the Committee in 2005-06

Use of Rectification Procedure

Frivolous and Vexatious Complaints

4  The Other Registers

Members' Staff Register

Journalists' Register

All-Party Groups' Register

Overlap between the Registers

Access to the Registers

Complaints

(i) Complaints against Members' Staff

(ii) Complaints about All-Party Groups

Publication of the Register of Members' Secretaries and Research Assistants

5  Looking Outwards

Openness and Accountability

Overseas and Other Visitors

Hong Kong

Working with Others

6  Resourcing the Work

Cost of the office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards 2003-04 to 2005-06

7  Conclusion and Forward Look

Appendix 1: Standing Orders Nos. 149 & 150, as amended by the House on 13 July 2005

Appendix 2: Description of the Arrangements for Regulating Standards of Conduct in the House of Commons

Appendix 3: The Frank Stacey Memorial Lecture, 2005

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Prepared 25 July 2006