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House of Commons

Tuesday 30 June 2009

Committee of the whole House

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Parliamentary Standards Bill

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order to be

proposed by Ms Harriet Harman.

Mr Bernard Jenkin

61

Schedule  1,  page  10,  line  12,  leave out subsection (2).

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

50

Schedule  1,  page  10,  line  24,  leave out from ‘by’ to third ‘the’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

51

Schedule  1,  page  10,  line  26,  leave out from ‘by’ to ‘the’ in line 27.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

52

Schedule  1,  page  11,  line  3,  leave out subsection (5).

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

3

Schedule  1,  page  15,  line  41,  leave out from ‘After’ to end of line and insert ‘the

Committee has reviewed the estimate and made any modifications, the Speaker’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

53

Schedule  1,  page  16,  line  4,  leave out from first ‘IPSA’ to end of line 5 and insert

‘must be paid with the Consolidated Fund.’.

Committee of the whole House: 30 June 2009

1022

Parliamentary Standards Bill, continued

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’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

54

Schedule  2,  page  17,  line  28,  leave out from ‘by’ to ‘the’.

Mr Bernard Jenkin

62

Schedule  2,  page  17,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘(3A)

The person must be a person who holds or has held high judicial office (within

the meaning of Part 3 of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4)).’.

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

55

Schedule  2,  page  18,  line  15,  leave out subsection (3).

Mr Andrew Tyrie

Sir George Young

69

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  17,  at end add ‘of 3 July 2008.’.

Mr Andrew Tyrie

68

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘( )	the Committee on Standards in Public life’.

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.’.

Committee of the whole House: 30 June 2009

1023

Parliamentary Standards Bill, continued

Mark Durkan

71

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(da)

HM Revenue and Customs,’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

1

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

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

56

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  18,  at end add ‘and shall not come into effect until they are

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

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

57

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  19,  leave out from ‘effect’ to end of line 20 and insert ‘only

after the general election following the resolution of the House of Commons referred to

in subsection (5).’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

6

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

Ms Harriet Harman

74

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  16,  leave out subsections (1) and (2) and insert—

‘(1)	The IPSA must prepare a code to be observed by members of the House of

Commons, the content of which is provision made by virtue of subsections (7),

(8) and (10).

(2)	In this Act “the MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial interests” means the

code prepared under this section as it is in effect for the time being.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

75

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  20,  leave out ‘rules regularly and revise them’ and insert

‘code regularly and revise it’.

Ms Harriet Harman

76

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  21,  leave out ‘rules’ and insert ‘code’.

Committee of the whole House: 30 June 2009

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Parliamentary Standards Bill, continued

Sir Stuart Bell

Sir George Young

16

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  21,  at end insert—

‘( )	the Speaker 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.’.

Sir Robert Smith

Mr Alistair Carmichael

92

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  24,  after ‘person’ insert ‘or body’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

2

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

Ms Harriet Harman

77

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  25,  leave out ‘rules’ and insert ‘code’.

Ms Harriet Harman

78

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  26,  leave out subsection (6) and insert—

‘(6)	The code (or revision) does not come into effect until it is approved by a

resolution of the House of Commons.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

79

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  28,  leave out ‘rules’ and insert ‘code’.

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.’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

7

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

Committee of the whole House: 30 June 2009

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Parliamentary Standards Bill, continued

Ms Harriet Harman

80

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  30,  leave out ‘rules’ and insert ‘code’.

Ms Harriet Harman

81

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  37,  leave out ‘rules’ and insert ‘code’.

Ms Harriet Harman

82

Clause  5,  page  3,  line  42,  leave out ‘rules’ and insert ‘code’.

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 Bernard Jenkin

Sir Robert Smith

Mr Alistair Carmichael

73

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

‘(c)	to payment as, and hours worked as, a Minister.’.

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

Sir Alan Beith

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.’.

Committee of the whole House: 30 June 2009

1026

Parliamentary Standards Bill, continued

Ms Harriet Harman

88

Clause  12,  page  8,  line  11,  leave out ‘financial interests rules’ and insert ‘code of

conduct relating to financial interests’.

Ms Harriet Harman

89

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  35,  leave out ‘contained in rules under section 5(7)’ and

insert ‘included by virtue of section 5(7) in the MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial

interests’.

Ms Harriet Harman

90

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  37,  leave out ‘contained in rules under section 5(8)’ and

insert ‘included by virtue of section 5(8) in the MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial

interests’.

Ms Harriet Harman

91

Clause  13,  page  8,  line  39,  leave out ‘contained in rules under that section’ and

insert ‘included by virtue of section 5(10) in the MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial

interests’.

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

13

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

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

Sir Alan Beith

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.’.

Committee of the whole House: 30 June 2009

1027

Parliamentary Standards Bill, continued

Mr Alan Duncan

Mr Dominic Grieve

72

Clause  14,  page  9,  line  39,  at end add—

‘(4)	This Act and any Statutory Instrument made under this Act shall cease to have

effect on the first anniversary of the day on which the Act is passed.’.

Mr Bernard Jenkin

63

Clause  6,  page  4,  line  26,  at end add—

‘( )	For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that any code of conduct adopted

by the House of Commons—

(a)	shall not be enforceable in law, and

(b)	shall be deemed to be proceedings in Parliament as expressed in the Bill

of Rights 1689 notwithstanding any other provision of this Act.’.

Ms Harriet Harman

Sir George Young

Sir Stuart Bell

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

Sir Alan Beith

83

Page  4,  line  17,  leave out Clause 6.

Ms Harriet Harman

84

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  33,  leave out ‘financial interests rules’ and insert ‘code of

conduct relating to financial interests’.

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

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Revised 30 June 2009