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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Thursday 25 June 2009

Committee of the whole House

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Parliamentary Standards Bill

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

1

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  18,  leave out ‘IPSA’ and insert ‘Speaker’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

2

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  25,  leave out ‘IPSA’ and insert ‘Speaker’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

3

Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  41,  leave out ‘reviewing the estimate and making any

modifications, the Committee’ and insert ‘the Committee has reviewed the estimate and

made any modifications, the Speaker’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

4

Schedule  1,  page  16,  line  28,  after ‘and’, insert ‘the Speaker must’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

5

Schedule  1,  page  16,  line  30,  leave out ‘On laying’ and insert ‘When the Speaker

lays’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

6

Clause  4,  page  2,  line  32,  after ‘to’, insert ‘or on behalf of’.

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Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

7

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  30,  leave out subsection (8).

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

8

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  17,  leave out Clause 6.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

9

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  35,  at end insert—

‘(ab)

at the request of the member,’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

10

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  42,  at end insert—

‘(4A)

No report shall be made by the Commissioner—

(a)	in any case where the member concerned has agreed that he has failed to

register or declare an interest, if it is the Commissioner’s opinion that the

interest involved is minor, or the failure was inadvertent, and the member

concerned has taken such action by way of rectification as the

Commissioner may have required within any procedure approved by the

IPSA for this purpose; and

(b)	in any case involving the MPs’ allowance scheme, or the use of facilities

or services, if the Commissioner has with the agreement of the member

concerned referred the matter to the IPSA for the purpose of securing

appropriate financial reimbursement, and the member has made such

reimbursement within such period of time as the Commissioner

considers reasonable.’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

11

Clause  7,  page  5,  line  5,  at end insert—

‘(5A)

In determining the procedures, the IPSA must consult—

(a)	the Leader of the House of Commons,

(b)	the Committee on Standards and Privileges, and

(c)	any other person the IPSA considers appropriate.’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

12

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  6,  leave out ‘is, or’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

13

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  45,  leave out subsection (5).

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Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

14

Clause  13,  page  9,  line  24,  leave out from ‘section’ to end of line 25 and insert

‘shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has first been laid before, and approved

by a resolution of, the House of Commons.’.

Angus Robertson

Stewart Hosie

Mr Alex Salmond

Mr Mike Weir

Pete Wishart

John Mason

Mr Angus MacNeil

15

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

A member of the House of Commons commits an offence if the member

intentionally fails to comply with a requirement included in the MPs’ financial

interests rules by virtue of section 5(8) (declaration of interests).’.

Sir Stuart Bell

16

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  22,  after ‘consult—’, insert—

‘( )	the Speaker of the House of Commons’.

Sir Stuart Bell

17

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  25,  at end insert—

‘(2A)

The Committee on Standards and Privileges may accept, modify or reject as it

sees fit a recommendation under subsection (2).’.

Sir Stuart Bell

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

18

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  34,  leave out subsection (5).

Sir Stuart Bell

19

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  38,  leave out subsection (6).

Sir Stuart Bell

20

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  38,  leave out ‘Speaker’s Committee on the Independent

Parliamentary Standards Authority’ and insert ‘Committee on Standards and Privileges.’.

Sir Stuart Bell

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

21

Clause  8,  page  5,  leave out line 43.

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Sir Stuart Bell

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

22

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  10,  leave out subsection (10).

Sir Stuart Bell

23

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  8,  after ‘evidence’, insert ‘of words spoken by, or any other

conduct of, a Member of the House of Commons in proceedings in Parliament’.

Sir Stuart Bell

24

Clause  10,  page  7,  line  8,  leave out ‘a’ and insert ‘that’.

Mr David Drew

25

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  16,  at end insert—

‘5A	Annual Financial Disclosure Statements: Members of Parliament

(1)	This section applies without prejudice to any rules made by the IPSA pursuant to

section 5.

(2)	A person to whom this section applies must file an Annual Financial Disclosure

Statement, in a manner to be specified in regulations, providing the following

information—

(a)	copies of his tax returns for the last three years ending on 5 April prior to

the date of submission of the Annual Financial Disclosure Statement; and

(b)	details of any assets in the form of property or shares that he owns or

controls at the date of submission of the Annual Financial Statement.

(3)	This section applies to any member of the House of Commons and House of

Lords.

5B	Financial Disclosure Statements: candidates

(1)	All persons to whom this section applies must publish, in the circumstances

prescribed by this section and in the manner to be specified in regulations the

following information—

(a)	his tax return for the last year ending 5 April prior to his declaration as a

candidate; and

(b)	details of any assets in the form of property or shares that he owns or

controls on the date of his declaration as a candidate.

(2)	This section applies to any candidate for election to the House of Commons who

spends more than £1000 on his election campaign.

5C	Regulations

(1)	Within 12 months of the passing of this Act the Secretary of State must lay before

parliament regulations specifying—

(a)	the method by which Annual Financial Disclosure Statements must be

filed;

(b)	the manner in which information required by section 5B is published;

(c)	the manner in which Annual Financial Disclosure Statements and any

information required by virtue of section 5B must be made public; and

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(d)	any other relevant matters that the Secretary of State considers

appropriate.

(2)	Regulations made pursuant to this section shall be made by statutory instrument

and shall not be made unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and

approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

26

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(ca)

members of the House of Commons.’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

27

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  23,  at end insert—

‘(ba)

members of the House of Commons.’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

28

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  29,  at end insert ‘save that no member may be required to

declare any specified information relating to any source of outside earned income which

would place him in breach of a duty of a confidentiality laid upon him by any recognised

profession.’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

29

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  2,  after ‘or’, insert ‘specified’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

30

Clause  5,  page  4,  line  4,  after ‘or’, insert ‘specified’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

31

Clause  6,  page  4,  leave out lines 18 to 26 and insert ‘Nothing in this Act shall prevent

the House of Commons from continuing to have a code of conduct based on the Nolan

general principles of public life.’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

32

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  22,  leave out from ‘IPSA’ to end of line 25 and insert ‘may

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refer to the House of Commons Committee on Standards and Privileges any findings it

may make in relation to any member in the exercise of its functions.’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

33

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  29,  leave out ‘or to make a recommendation under

subsection (2).’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

34

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  29,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

36

Clause  8,  page  6,  line  4,  leave out from ‘powers’ to end of line 5.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

37

Page  6,  line  17,  leave out Clause 9.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

38

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  22,  leave out subsection (2).

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

39

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  26,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

40

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  29,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

41

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  34,  leave out subsection (5).

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Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

42

Clause  9,  page  6,  line  36,  leave out subsection (6).

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

43

Clause  10,  page  7,  leave out lines 8 and 9.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

44

Clause  11,  page  7,  line  39,  at end insert—

‘(10)

No act or failure to act by the Speaker under this section shall be impeached or

questioned in any place outside Parliament.’.

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Revised 26 June 2009