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39  STANDARDS AND PRIVILEGES

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The Committee was nominated by the House of Commons on 26 July 2010.
Members

Barron, Mr Kevin (Chair)

Beresford, Sir Paul

Blenkinsop, Tom (added 22.11.10; discharged 7.11.11)

Brooke, Annette

Clarke, Tom

Cox, Mr Geoffrey

Cunningham, Jim (discharged 22.11.10)

Hancock, Matthew (added 20.10.10)

Heald, Mr Oliver

Hilling, Julie (added 7.11.11)

Ollerenshaw, Eric (discharged 20.10.10)

Wheeler, Heather

Whitehead, Dr Alan

Overall Attendance:

Meetings attended

36 out of 36

28 out of 36

13 out of 21

31 out of 36

23 out of 36

19 out of 36

5 out of 7

28 out of 31

27 out of 36

7 out of 8

5 out of 5

33 out of 36

27 out of 36

78.3 %

Total number of meetings: 36

Of which:
Number of meetings at which oral evidence was taken 7
Number of times oral evidence was taken partly or wholly in private 5
Number of wholly private meetings 29
Other activities
Informal meetings 2

Staff

Details of the permanent staff of the Committee during the Session can be found in the Committee's publications.

Specialist Advisers during the Session

None

Witnesses
Oral evidence was given during the Session by the following categories of witnesses:
Number of appearances by:
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority 1
Members of the House of Commons 3
House of Commons officials 1
Appearances by other witnesses: 6

Overseas Visits
DateDestination MembersStaff PurposeCost
23-25.11.11BelgradeA Barron1 OSCE Conference on code of conduct/ethics for Parliaments £1,105
11-15.1.12SantiagoA Barron International Conference of Probity and Transparency in Congress and in the Party System £3,647

A Travel in a representative capacity

Visits to European Institutions

None

UK Visits

None

Reports and Oral and Written Evidence
TitleHC No. (2010-12) Date of publication Government reply
First Report: Jim Fitzpatrick 43316.9.10 Not applicable
Second Report: Shahid Malik 47816.9.10 Not applicable
Third Report: Mr Bill Wiggin 52614.10.10 Not applicable
Fourth Report: Nadine Dorries 53921.10.10 Not applicable
Fifth Report: Mr Andrew Mackay and Ms Julie Kirkbride 54021.10.10 Not applicable
Sixth Report: Publication of information about complaints against Members 4784.11.10 Not applicable
Seventh Report: Power of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to initiate investigations 5784.11.10 Not applicable
Eighth Report: Lord Knight of Weymouth 62218.11.10 Not applicable
Ninth Report: Sir John Butterfill, Mr Stephen Byers, Ms Patricia Hewitt, Mr Geoff Hoon, Mr Richard Caborn and Mr Adam Ingram 654-I-II9.12.10 Not applicable
Tenth Report: Registration of income from employment 74920.1.11 Not applicable
Eleventh Report: Anthony Wright 7883.2.11 Not applicable
Twelfth Report: Alison Seabeck 8403.3.11 Not applicable
Thirteenth Report: Mr Harry Cohen—Review by Sir Paul Kennedy 88317.3.11 Not applicable
Fourteenth Report: Privilege: Hacking of Members' mobile phones 62831.3.11 Not applicable
Fifteenth Report: Mr David Laws 1023-I-II12.5.11 Not applicable
Sixteenth Report: Former Members sentenced to imprisonment 121515.6.11 Not applicable
Seventeenth Report: Leaks relating to the case of Mr David Laws 143314.7.11 Not applicable
Eighteenth Report: John Healey 137414.7.11 Not applicable
Nineteenth Report: Review of the Code of Conduct 15798.11.11 Not applicable
Twentieth Report: IPSA procedures for investigations and related matters 157811.11.11 Not applicable
Twenty-First Report: Registration of Staff of All-Party Groups 16898.12.11 Not applicable
Twenty-Second Report: Jack Dromey 176619.1.12 Not applicable
Twenty-Third Report: Dr Liam Fox 188715.3.12 Not applicable
First Special Report: Mr Denis MacShane 52714.10.10 Not applicable
Second Special Report: Ms Margaret Moran 5795.11.10 Not applicable

Government replies to Reports for Session 2009-10

None

Formal Minutes

The Formal Minutes of the Committee were published in two tranches. Half of them were published in May 2011 and half in May 2012. They are available on the Committee's website at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/standards-and-privileges-committee/formal-minutes/

Divisions

None

Debates

The following Reports were debated in the House:

Sixth Report, Session 2010-12, Publication of information about complaints against Members, HC 478; and Seventh Report, Session 2010-12, Power of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to initiate investigations, HC 578, 2.12.10

Ninth Report, Session 2010-12, Sir John Butterfill, Mr Stephen Byers, Ms Patricia Hewitt, Mr Geoff Hoon, Mr Richard Caborn and Mr Adam Ingram, (HC 654-I and II), 15.12.10

Tenth Report, Session 2010-12, Registration of income from employment, HC 749, (and Eighth Report, Session 2008-09, All-Party Groups, HC 920), 7.2.11

Fifteenth Report, Session 2010-12, Mr David Laws, HC 1023, 16.5.12

Nineteenth Report, Session 2010-12, Review of the Code of Conduct, HC 1579, 12.3.12

Twenty First Report, Session 2010-12, Registration of Staff of All-Party Groups, HC 1689, 2.3.12

Number of oral evidence sessions for each inquiry during the Session
InquiryNumber of oral evidence sessions
IPSA procedures for investigations and related matters 1
Jim Fitzpatrick1
Mr John Healey1
Privilege: Hacking of Members' mobile phones 2
Sir John Butterfill, Mr Stephen Byers, Ms Patricia Hewitt, Mr Geoff Hoon, Mr Richard Caborn and Mr Adam Ingram 2
Total7



 
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