CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
Appendix 1: Memorandum from the Parliamentary
Commissioner for Standards
Sir John Butterfill, Rt hon Stephen Byers, Rt hon
Patricia Hewitt, Rt hon Geoff Hoon, Rt hon Richard Caborn and
Rt hon Adam Ingram
Background
The Allegations
Relevant Rules of the House
My Inquiries
Sir John Butterfill: My Inquiries
Findings of Fact
Rt Hon Stephen Byers: My Inquiries
Findings of Fact
Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt: My Inquiries
Findings of Fact
Rt Hon Geoff Hoon: My Inquiries
Findings of Fact
Rt Hon Richard Caborn: My Inquiries
Findings of Fact
Rt Hon Adam Ingram: My Inquiries
Findings of Fact
Findings of Fact: General
Conclusions
Sir John Butterfill
Rt Hon Stephen Byers
Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt
Rt Hon Geoff Hoon
Rt Hon Richard Caborn
Rt Hon Adam Ingram
Concluding observations
Written evidence received by the Parliamentary
Commissioner for Standards
1. Extract
from Sunday Times article, 21 March 2010
2. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP, 22 March 2010
3. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP from the Commissioner, 22 March 2010
4. Second
e-mail to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP, 22 March
2010
5. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, 22 March 2010
6. Letter
to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP from the Commissioner, 22 March 2010
7. Letter
to the Commissioner from Ms Justine Greening MP, 22 March 2010
8. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Sir John Butterfill MP, 22 March 2010
9. Extract
from Sunday Times article, 28 March 2010
10. Letter
to the Commissioner from Mr Greg Hands MP, 28 March 2010
1 Sir
John Butterfill
11. Letter
to Sir John Butterfill MP from the Commissioner, 23 March 2010
12. Letter
to the Commissioner from Sir John Butterfill MP, 24 March 2010
13. E-mail
to Sir John Butterfill MP from Anderson Perry Associates, 16 February
2010
14. Letter
to Sir John Butterfill MP from the Commissioner, 25 March 2010
15. Letter
to the Commissioner from Sir John Butterfill MP, 6 April 2010
16. Letter
to Sir John Butterfill from the Commissioner, 2 June 2010
17. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Telephone Conversation
with Sir John Butterfill MP on 16 February 2010
18. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Sir John Butterfill
MP meeting 24 February 2010
19. Letter
to the Commissioner from Sir John Butterfill, 22 June 2010
20. Letter
to Sir John Butterfill from the Commissioner, 25 June 2010
21. Letter
to the Commissioner from Sir John Butterfill, 15 July 2010
22. Letter
to Sir John Butterfill from the Commissioner, 20 July 2010
23. Letter
to the Commissioner from Sir John Butterfill, received 2 August
2010
2 Rt
Hon Stephen Byers
24. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP from the Commissioner, 23 March 2010
25. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 2 June 2010
26. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Telephone Conversation
with Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP on 17 February 2010
27. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Rt Hon Stephen Byers
MP meeting, 23 February 2010
28. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 29 June 2010
29. Rt
Hon Stephen Byers' response to the questions raised by the Parliamentary
Commissioner for Standards, sent to the Commissioner 29 June 2010
30. E-mail
to Claire Webster, Anderson Perry Associates, from Rt Hon Stephen
Byers MP, 24 February 2010
31. E-mail
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers MP from Claire Webster, Anderson Perry
Associates, 24 February 2010
32. E-mail
to Claire Webster, Anderson Perry Associates, from Rt Hon Stephen
Byers MP, 25 February 2010
33. E-mail
to Claire Webster, Anderson Perry Associates, from Rt Hon Stephen
Byers MP, 11 March 2010
34. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 1 July 2010
35. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 13 July 2010
36. Supplementary
Response by Rt Hon Stephen Byers to the Questions raised by the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, 12 July 2010
37. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 14 July 2010
38. Official
Report, House of Lords, HL Deb 22 March 2010, cols 754-756
39. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 20 July 2010
40. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 20 July 2010
41. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 12 August 2010
42. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 12 August 2010
43. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 31 August 2010
44. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 1 September 2010
45. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 5 September 2010
46. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 6 September 2010
47. Letter
to Director of Catering and Retail Services, House of Commons,
from the Commissioner, 14 July 2010
48. Letter
to the Commissioner from the Director of Catering and Retail Services,
27 August 2010
49. Letter
to Department of Catering and Retail Services from the Commissioner,
1 September 2010
50. Letter
to the Commissioner from Director of Catering and Retail Services,
6 September 2010
51. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 7 September 2010
52. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 16 September 2010
53. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 16 September 2010
54. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 20 September 2010
55. Letter
to Rt Hon Stephen Byers from the Commissioner, 29 September 2010
56. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Stephen Byers, 7 October 2010
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Hon Patricia Hewitt
57. Letter
to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP from the Commissioner, 23 March 2010
58. Letter
to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt from the Commissioner, 2 June 2010
59. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Telephone Conversation
with Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt MP, 25 February 2010
60. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt
MP meeting, 9 March 2010
61. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, 27 June 2010
62. Letter
to Freedom of Information applicant from the Freedom of Information
Officer, Department of Health, 24 May 2010
63. Timeline
for Partnerships in Care involvement in Lord Bradley's Review
and the Health and Criminal Justice Advisory Group, 22 March 2010
64. Memorandum
from the Diary Manager, Private Office of Mr Phil Hope MP, then
Minister of State for Care Services and Minister for East Midlands,
22 March 2010
65. Note
of Meeting between Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, Partnership in Care
Chief Executive, Mr Phil Hope, then Minister of State for Care
Services, and others, which took place at Department of Health,
21 May 2009. Note circulated 5 June 2009
66. Letter
to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt from the Commissioner, 1 July 2010
67. Letter
to Rt Hon Lord Bradley from the Commissioner, 1 July 2010
68. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, 15 July 2010
69. Letter
to Rt Hon Lord Bradley from the Commissioner, 15 July 2010
70. Letter
to Ms Joan Ruddock MP from the Commissioner, 15 July 2010
71. Letter
to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt from the Commissioner, 20 July 2010
72. Letter
to the Commissioner from Ms Joan Ruddock MP, 26 July 2010
73. Letter
to Ms Joan Ruddock MP from the Commissioner, 28 July 2010
74. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Ms Joan Ruddock MP, 28 July 2010
75. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Lord Bradley of Withington, 28
July 2010
76. Letter
to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt from the Commissioner, 29 July 2010
77. Letter
to Rt Hon Lord Bradley of Withington from the Commissioner, 2
August 2010
78. E-mail
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, 23 August 2010
79. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Lord Bradley of Withington, 23
August 2010
80. Letter
to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt from the Commissioner, 1 September 2010
81. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, 13 September
2010
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Hon Geoff Hoon
82. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP from the Commissioner, 23 March 2010
83. Transcript
of Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP's interview on BBC Radio 4's Today
programme, 26 March 2010
84. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP, 30 March 2010
85. E-mail
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP from Anderson Perry Associates, 17 February
2010
86. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP from the Commissioner, 31 March 2010
87. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP, 6 April 2010
88. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon from the Commissioner, 2 June 2010
89. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Telephone Conversation
with Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP on 18 February 2010
90. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Rt Hon Geoff Hoon MP
meeting, 3 March 2010
91. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, received 8 June 2010
92. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon from the Commissioner, 29 June 2010
93. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, 2 July 2010
94. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon from the Commissioner, 6 July 2010
95. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, 9 July 2010
96. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon from the Commissioner, 13 July 2010
97. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, 16 July 2010
98. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon from the Commissioner, 20 July 2010
99. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, 23 July 2010
100. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon from the Commissioner, 27 July 2010
101. Letter
to Rt Hon Geoff Hoon from the Commissioner, 29 September 2010
102. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, 30 September 2010
103. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Geoff Hoon, 6 November 2010
5 Rt
Hon Richard Caborn
104. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP from the Commissioner, 31 March 2010
105. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 19 April 2010
106. Official
Report, HC Deb, 29 March 2010, cols 545-548
107. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn, from the Commissioner, 18 May 2010
108. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 21 May 2010
109. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 24 May 2010
110. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 2 June 2010
111. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Telephone Conversation
with Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP on 16 February 2010
112. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Rt Hon Richard Caborn
MP meeting, 10 March 2010
113. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 8 June 2010
114. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, from the Chairman of the Office of
the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, January 2008
115. Letter
to the Office of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments,
from Rt Hon Richard Caborn MP, 29 February 2008
116. Letter
to the Registrar of Members' Interests, from Rt Hon Richard Caborn
MP, 6 March 2008
117. Extract
from the Register of Members' Interests, 29 February 2008
118. Letter
to the Registrar of Members' Interests, from Rt Hon Richard Caborn
MP, 9 October 2008
119. Extracts
from Mr Caborn's evidence to the Public Administration Committee
on 8 May 2008, First Report of Session 2008-09, HC 36 II
120. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 9 June 2010
121. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 16 June 2010
122. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 23 June 2010
123. Extract
from list of event and function bookings by Members on behalf
of outside organisations between 1 April 2004 and 30 September
2009
124. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 1 July 2010
125. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 6 July 2010
126. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 9 July 2010
127. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 14 July 2010
128. Letter
to Director of Catering and Retail Services, House of Commons,
from the Commissioner, 14 July 2010
129. Letter
to the Commissioner from Director of Catering and Retail Services,
27 August 2010
130. Letter
to the Director of Catering and Retail Services from the Commissioner,
2 September 2010
131. Letter
to the Commissioner from the Director of Catering and Retail Services,
6 September 2010
132. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 7 September 2010
133. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 10 September 2010
134. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 13 September 2010
135. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 15 September 2010
136. Letter
to Rt Hon Richard Caborn from the Commissioner, 16 September 2010
137. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Richard Caborn, 20 September 2010
6 Rt
Hon Adam Ingram
138. Letter
to Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP from the Commissioner, 31 March 2010
139. Letter
to Rt Hon Adam Ingram from the Commissioner, 2 June 2010
140. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Telephone Conversation
with Rt Hon Adam Ingram MP on 1 March 2010
141. Dispatches
'Politicians for Hire'—Transcript of Rt Hon Adam Ingram
MP meeting, 9 or 10 March 2010
142. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Adam Ingram, 28 June 2010
143. Extract
from response from Ministry of Defence to Freedom of Information
Request, 26 February 2010
144. Letter
to Rt Hon Adam Ingram from the Commissioner, 1 July 2010
145. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Adam Ingram, 7 July 2010
146. Letter
to Rt Hon Adam Ingram from the Commissioner, 15 July 2010
147. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Adam Ingram, 27 August 2010
148. Letter
to Rt Hon Adam Ingram from the Commissioner, 2 September 2010
149. Letter
to the Registrar of Members' Financial Interests from the Commissioner,
15 July 2010
150. Letter
to Registrar of Members' Financial Interests from the Commissioner,
2 September 2010
151. Letter
to the Commissioner from the Registrar of Members' Financial Interests,
9 September 2010
152. Letter
to Rt Hon Adam Ingram from the Commissioner, 9 September 2010
153. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Adam Ingram, 14 September 2010
154. Further
letter to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Adam Ingram, 14 September
2010
155. Letter
to Rt Hon Adam Ingram from the Commissioner, 20 September 2010
156. Letter
to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Adam Ingram, 28 September 2010
Appendix 2: Letter from the Rt hon Richard
Caborn to the Clerk, 28 November 2010
Appendix 3: Email from the Rt hon Stephen
Byers to the Clerk, 29 November 2010
Appendix 4: Response to the Parliamentary
Commissioner for Standards' Memorandum from the Rt hon Geoff Hoon,
29 November 2010
Oral evidence taken in private before the
Committee from the Rt hon Geoff Hoon, 30 November 2010
Appendix 5: Supplementary evidence from the
Rt hon Geoff Hoon, 1 December 2010
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