Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards - Report

---

Here you can browse the report which was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 24 October 2007.

Contents

Foreword

1  Strengthening the Standards System

Review of the Guide to the Rules

The Electoral Administration Act 2006

More Frequent Publication of the Register of Members' Interests

All Party Groups

The Use of Allowances and Facilities by Members

2  Emphasising Prevention

Advising Members

Briefing Members on Changes

3  Considering Complaints

Overview

Complaints in 2006-07

Members the Subject of Complaints in 2006-07

Use of the Rectification Procedure

Reports to the Committee in 2006-07

Trends over the last five years

Complaints in 2002-07

4  The Other Registers

Members' Staff Register

Journalists' Register

All-Party Groups' Register

Overlap between the Registers

Access to the Registers

Complaints

Wider Matters

5  Looking Outwards

Monitoring Public Attitudes

Explaining Our Approach

Working with Others

6  Resourcing the Work

7  Review 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

---

---

Prepared 25 October 2007