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| | given up to and including |
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| | Parliamentary Standards Bill
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| | | The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order to be |
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| | | proposed by Ms Harriet Harman. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 15, line 41, leave out from ‘After’ to end of line and insert ‘the |
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| | Committee has reviewed the estimate and made any modifications, the Speaker’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 16, line 28, after ‘and’, insert ‘the Speaker must’. |
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| | Schedule 1, page 16, line 30, leave out ‘On laying’ and insert ‘When the Speaker |
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| | Clause 3, page 2, line 14, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(ca) | members of the House of Commons.’. |
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| | Clause 3, page 2, line 18, leave out ‘IPSA’ and insert ‘Speaker’. |
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| | Clause 4, page 2, line 32, after ‘to’, insert ‘or on behalf of’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 3, line 21, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘( ) | the Speaker of the House of Commons’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 3, line 23, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(ba) | members of the House of Commons.’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 3, line 25, leave out ‘IPSA’ and insert ‘Speaker’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 3, line 29, at end insert ‘save that no member may be required to |
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| | declare any specified information relating to any source of outside earned income which |
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| | would place him in breach of a duty of a confidentiality laid upon him by any recognised |
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| | Clause 5, page 3, line 30, leave out subsection (8). |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 2, after ‘or’, insert ‘specified’. |
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| | Clause 5, page 4, line 4, after ‘or’, insert ‘specified’. |
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| | Clause 11, page 7, line 39, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(10) | No act or failure to act by the Speaker under this section shall be impeached or |
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| | | questioned in any place outside Parliament.’. |
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| | Clause 13, page 8, line 45, leave out subsection (5). |
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| | Clause 13, page 9, line 24, leave out from ‘section’ to end of line 25 and insert |
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| | ‘shall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has first been laid before, and approved |
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| | by a resolution of, the House of Commons.’. |
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| | Clause 6, page 4, line 17, leave out Clause 6. |
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| | Clause 7, page 4, line 35, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(ab) | at the request of the member,’. |
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| | Clause 7, page 4, line 42, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(4A) | No report shall be made by the Commissioner— |
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| | | (a) | in any case where the member concerned has agreed that he has failed to |
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| | | register or declare an interest, if it is the Commissioner’s opinion that the |
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| | | interest involved is minor, or the failure was inadvertent, and the member |
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| | | concerned has taken such action by way of rectification as the |
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| | | Commissioner may have required within any procedure approved by the |
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| | | IPSA for this purpose; and |
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| | | (b) | in any case involving the MPs’ allowance scheme, or the use of facilities |
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| | | or services, if the Commissioner has with the agreement of the member |
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| | | concerned referred the matter to the IPSA for the purpose of securing |
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| | | appropriate financial reimbursement, and the member has made such |
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| | | reimbursement within such period of time as the Commissioner |
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| | Clause 7, page 5, line 5, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(5A) | In determining the procedures, the IPSA must consult— |
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| | | (a) | the Leader of the House of Commons, |
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| | | (b) | the Committee on Standards and Privileges, and |
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| | | (c) | any other person the IPSA considers appropriate.’. |
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| | | Clause 7, page 5, line 6, leave out subsection (6). |
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| | | Clause 7, page 5, line 11, at end add— |
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| | | ‘(7) | The IPSA must ensure that any member who is subject of an investigation is |
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| | | provided with independent advice and counsel on all matters relevant to that |
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| | 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 |
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| | may make in relation to any member in the exercise of its functions.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 5, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | The Committee on Standards and Privileges may accept, modify or reject as it |
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| | | sees fit a recommendation under subsection (2).’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 5, line 26, leave out ‘or to make a recommendation under |
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| | | Clause 8, page 5, line 28, at end insert ‘, and must ensure that the member is |
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| | provided with independent advice and counsel on all matters relevant to the said direction |
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| | Clause 8, page 5, line 29, leave out subsection (4). |
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| | Clause 8, page 5, line 34, leave out subsection (5). |
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| | Clause 8, page 5, line 38, leave out subsection (6). |
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| | Clause 8, page 5, line 38, leave out ‘Speaker’s Committee on the Independent |
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| | Parliamentary Standards Authority’ and insert ‘Committee on Standards and Privileges.’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 5, leave out line 43. |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 4, leave out from ‘powers’ to end of line 5. |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 6, leave out ‘is, or’. |
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| | Clause 8, page 6, line 10, leave out subsection (10). |
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| | Clause 9, page 6, line 22, leave out subsection (2). |
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| | | Clause 9, page 6, line 23, after ‘member’, insert ‘intentionally’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 6, line 25, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(2A) | A member of the House of Commons commits an offence if the member |
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| | | intentionally fails to comply with a requirement included in the MPs’ financial |
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| | | interests rules by virtue of section 5(8) (declaration of interests).’. |
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| | Clause 9, page 6, line 26, leave out subsection (3). |
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| | Clause 9, page 6, line 29, leave out subsection (4). |
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| | Clause 9, page 6, line 34, leave out subsection (5). |
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| | Clause 9, page 6, line 36, leave out subsection (6). |
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| | Page 6, line 17, leave out Clause 9. |
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| | Clause 10, page 7, leave out lines 8 and 9. |
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