Committee on Standards in Public Life: MPs' Expenses and Allowances: Supporting Parliament, safegu…

R12-38

Published November 2009

Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.

Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The MPs’ Code of Conduct should be revised to allow complaints to be made against an MP who is a former minister and who takes on outside paid employment but does not follow advice provided by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA).

From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, MPs' Expenses and Allowances: Supporting Parliament, safeguarding the taxpayer, November 2009