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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Tuesday 30 June 2009

 

Committee of the whole House

 

Proceedings

 

Parliamentary Standards Bill

 

[first sitting]

 

Clause 1 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

Withdrawn  61

 

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

 

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

 

Not called  50

 

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

 

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

 

Not called  51

 

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

 

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

 

Agreed to  52

 

Schedule  1,  page  11,  line  23,  leave out sub-paragraph (5).

 

Sir George Young

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

Agreed to  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

 

Not selected  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.’.

 
 

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Sir George Young

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

Agreed to  4

 

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

 

Sir George Young

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

Agreed to  5

 

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

 

lays’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

 

Not called  54

 

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

 

Mr Bernard Jenkin

 

Not called  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

 

Agreed to  55

 

Schedule  2,  page  18,  line  15,  leave out sub-paragraph (3).

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Schedule 3 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Andrew Tyrie

 

Sir George Young

 

Negatived on division  69

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Andrew Tyrie

 

Agreed to  68

 

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

 

‘( )    

the Committee on Standards in Public life’.

 
 

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Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Agreed to  26

 

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

 

‘(ca)    

members of the House of Commons.’.

 

Mark Durkan

 

Agreed to  71

 

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

 

‘(da)    

HM Revenue and Customs,’.

 

Sir George Young

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

Agreed to  1

 

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

 

Mr David Heathcoat-Amory

 

Negatived  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

 

Not called  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).’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Sir George Young

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

Withdrawn  6

 

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

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to on division  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.’.

 
 

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Parliamentary Standards Bill, continued

 
 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to  75

 

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

 

‘code regularly and revise it’.

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to  76

 

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

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

Sir George Young

 

Agreed to  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

 

Agreed to  27

 

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

 

‘(ba)    

members of the House of Commons.’.

 

Sir Robert Smith

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not selected  92

 

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

 

Sir George Young

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

Agreed to  2

 

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

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to  77

 

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

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to  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

 

Agreed to  79

 

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

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Not called  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

 
 

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profession.’.

 

Sir George Young

 

Sir Stuart Bell

 

Agreed to  7

 

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

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Not called  80

 

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

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Not called  81

 

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

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to  82

 

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

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Agreed to  29

 

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

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Agreed to  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

 

Negatived on division  73

 

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

 

‘(c)    

to payment as, and hours worked as, a Minister.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Mr Patrick McLoughlin

 

Sir Alan Beith

 

Not called  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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Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to  88

 

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

 

conduct relating to financial interests’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Ms Harriet Harman

 

Agreed to  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

 

Agreed to  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

 

Agreed to  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 
 

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Parliamentary Standards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Dominic Grieve

 

Not called  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.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

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