The Committee
on Standards and Privileges
The Committee on
Standards and Privileges is appointed by the House of Commons
to oversee the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards;
to examine the arrangements proposed by the Commissioner for the
compilation, maintenance and accessibility of the Register of
Members' Interests and any other registers of interest established
by the House; to review from time to time the form and content
of those registers; to consider any specific complaints made in
relation to the registering or declaring of interests referred
to it by the Commissioner; to consider any matter relating to
the conduct of Members, including specific complaints in relation
to alleged breaches in the Code of Conduct which have been drawn
to the Committee's attention by the Commissioner; and to recommend
any modifications to the Code of Conduct as may from time to time
appear to be necessary.
Current membership
Rt Hon Sir George
Young Bt MP (Conservative, North West Hampshire) (Chairman)
Rt Hon Kevin Barron
MP (Labour, Rother Valley)
Mr Andrew Dismore
MP (Labour, Hendon)
Nick Harvey MP (Liberal
Democrat, North Devon)
Rt Hon Greg Knight
MP (Conservative, East Yorkshire)
Mr Elfyn Llwyd MP
(Plaid Cymru, Meirionnydd Nant Conwy)
Mr Chris Mullin MP
(Labour, Sunderland South)
The Hon Nicholas
Soames MP (Conservative, Mid Sussex)
Mr Paddy Tipping
MP (Labour, Sherwood)
Dr Alan Whitehead
MP (Labour, Southampton Test)
Powers
The constitution
and powers of the Committee are set out in Standing Order No.
149. In particular, the Committee has power to order the attendance
of any Member of Parliament before the committee and to require
that specific documents or records in the possession of a Member
relating to its inquiries, or to the inquiries of the Commissioner,
be laid before the Committee. The Committee has power to refuse
to allow its public proceedings to be broadcast. The Law Officers,
if they are Members of Parliament, may attend and take part in
the Committee's proceedings, but may not vote.
Publications
The Reports and evidence
of the Committee are published by The Stationery Office by Order
of the House. All publications of the Committee (including press
notices) are on the Internet at: www.parliament.uk/sandp.
Committee staff
The current staff
of the Committee are Mr Steve Priestley (Clerk), Miss Rhiannon
Hollis (Second Clerk) and Ms Jane Cooper (Committee Assistant).
Contacts
All correspondence
should be addressed to The Clerk of the Committee on Standards
and Privileges, Journal Office, House of Commons, London SW1A
0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 6615.
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