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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 23 June 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Harman.

Parliamentary Standards

Statement on parliamentary standards.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
494 c678-91 
Session
2008-09
Department
Leader of the House of Commons
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Harman | 494 c690 (Link to this contribution) We will table today the motion to establish the remit of the committee, which we hope the House will...
Alan Reid | 494 c689-90 (Link to this contribution) I welcome much of what was in the statement today, but there was one important omission, which my ri...
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Baroness Harman | 494 c689 (Link to this contribution) Transparency does apply to Ministers. Their diaries are subject to the Freedom of Information Act an...
Lord Goodman of Wycombe | 494 c689 (Link to this contribution) Most of my constituents and those of other Members would believe that being a Minister is a second j...
Baroness Harman | 494 c689 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State for Justice is reviewing the Freedom of Information Act, for which his Depart...
Lord Swire | 494 c689 (Link to this contribution) On several occasions in the past few weeks, the Prime Minister has suggested that he will extend the...
Baroness Harman | 494 c689 (Link to this contribution) The standards for which the new authority established in the Bill would be responsible would relate ...
Lord Whitehead | 494 c689 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend's proposals and the speed at which they are being underta...
Angus Robertson | 494 c688 (Link to this contribution) The House of Commons has a real opportunity to learn from the higher standards that operate in the S...
Baroness Harman | 494 c688-9 (Link to this contribution) We will, of course, listen closely to all the arguments. I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman, who ha...
Speaker | 494 c691 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point of order. It is indeed an interesting one, but it is none t...
Baroness Harman | 494 c690-1 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, all hon. Members have time that is not devoted to their parliamentary duties and their du...
Elfyn Llwyd | 494 c690 (Link to this contribution) May I urge upon the Leader of the House the need to have all minority opinions within the House prop...
Baroness Harman | 494 c690 (Link to this contribution) The minority parties, and the hon. Gentleman himself, played an important role in the discussions le...
Nicholas Winterton | 494 c690-1 (Link to this contribution) My average working week when the House is sitting, including travel to and from my constituency, is ...
Lord Beith | 494 c687 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House spoke of the new committee that will consider proposals for dealing with non...
Baroness Harman | 494 c687 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Somerton and Frome (Mr. Heath) asked what other registers might be considered, a...
David Anderson | 494 c687-8 (Link to this contribution) The Leader of the House said that she would work closely and sympathetically with a new, independent...
Baroness Harman | 494 c687 (Link to this contribution) I shall table a motion later today setting out the terms of reference that we propose for the commit...
Charles Walker | 494 c688 (Link to this contribution) When I first entered the House, I made myself very unpopular among colleagues by suggesting that no ...
Baroness Harman | 494 c688 (Link to this contribution) The House authorities do recognise the trade unions of people who are directly employed by the House...
Parmjit Dhanda | 494 c688 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. and learned Friend's statement, but will she take a closer look at the reall...
Baroness Harman | 494 c688 (Link to this contribution) The House has agreed not a prohibition but simply transparency, and the measure will come into effec...
Baroness Harman | 494 c688 (Link to this contribution) Both those issues, which my hon. Friend raised in his excellent speech to the House yesterday, will ...
Gordon Prentice | 494 c687 (Link to this contribution) The Public Administration Committee recommended five months ago a mandatory register of lobbyists. W...
Alan Duncan | 494 c680-1 (Link to this contribution) May I thank the right hon. and learned Lady for advance sight of her statement? Over the years, Mr....
Baroness Harman | 494 c678-80 (Link to this contribution) statement With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to update the House on the issue of parliamentary sta...
Speaker | 494 c682 (Link to this contribution) Order. Does the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alan Duncan) want to intervene?
Baroness Harman | 494 c681-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for the work that he has undertaken in consultation with the Justice Secr...
Lord Lilley | 494 c687 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister explain a little about the time-spent declaration that will have to be made? I hav...
Baroness Harman | 494 c686-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is quite right. The public expect that if we are elected to the House, our focus shou...
Baroness Harman | 494 c687 (Link to this contribution) When somebody acts as a Minister, what they do is absolutely in the public domain, it is quite evide...
Christopher Chope | 494 c686 (Link to this contribution) Does the Leader of the House accept that it is important that the issues relating to the code of con...
Baroness Harman | 494 c686 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. The longer we take, the more we can go through the details....
Paul Flynn | 494 c686 (Link to this contribution) Is there not a case for considering the problems of the revolving door whereby former Ministers trad...
Baroness Harman | 494 c686 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister keeps the code of conduct for Ministers under review.
Lord Young of Cookham | 494 c685 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the bulk of what the right hon. and learned Lady announced, but can she confirm ...
Fiona Mactaggart | 494 c686 (Link to this contribution) It strikes me that there is a risk of our either rushing ahead to try and fix things, or going very ...
Baroness Harman | 494 c685-6 (Link to this contribution) When the right hon. Gentleman sees the Bill that will shortly be published, on which he was good eno...
Baroness Harman | 494 c685 (Link to this contribution) As I indicated, the House authorities will look again at redaction. The intent is to put information...
David Winnick | 494 c685 (Link to this contribution) I fully support all the efforts being made by the Government both to clean up our act and for full d...
Baroness Harman | 494 c684-5 (Link to this contribution) As I said, the House authorities will be looking again at the question of redactions. That exercise,...
David Heath | 494 c684 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Leader of the House for her statement, and for my early sight of it. The public will wel...
Stuart Bell | 494 c683 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it not a fact that the institution of Parliament has been se...
Speaker | 494 c683 (Link to this contribution) Order. Many Members are hoping to catch my eye, and a great many wish to contribute to the debate th...
Baroness Harman | 494 c683 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend on his long years of work on the Members Estimate Committee. I believe...
Christopher Chope | 494 c691 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. The new Speaker has made it very much his remit to ensure...
Subjects
Disclosure of information Codes of practice Criminal law Conduct Allowances Committee on Standards in Public Life Debates Fraud House of Commons Payments Members Members' interests Parliamentary scrutiny Registration Select committees Select Committee on Reform of the House of Commons Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Petitions
Legislation
Parliamentary Standards Bill 2008-09
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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