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Parliamentary Standards Bill


 

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.

 
Bill 12154/4
 

 


 

Parliamentary Standards Bill

 

 
 

Contents

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc

1   

Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc

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

 

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