Parliamentary Standards Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Ministry of Justice, are published
separately as Bill 121—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Ms Harriet Harman has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the Parliamentary Standards Bill are compatible with
the Convention rights.
Contents
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc
1
Salaries and allowances for MPs
2
MPs’ salaries
3
MPs’ allowances scheme
4
Dealing with claims under the scheme
MPs’ financial interests and code of conduct
5
MPs’ financial interests rules
6
MPs’ code of conduct
Investigation and enforcement
7
Investigations
8
Enforcement
9
Offences
10
Proceedings in Parliament
Final provisions
11
Further functions of the IPSA and Commissioner
12
Interpretation
13
Power to make transitional etc provision
14
Short title and commencement
Schedule 1 —
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Part 1 —
Members of the IPSA
Part 2 —
The IPSA
Schedule 2 —
Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations
Schedule 3 —
Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary
Standards Authority
Bill 121
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