Committee on Standards in Public Life: MPs' Expenses and Allowances: Supporting Parliament, safegu…
R12-52
Published November 2009
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The external members of both the Standards and Privileges Committee and the Speaker’s Committee of the independent regulator should have full voting rights. If the House authorities are of the opinion that clarifying the question of parliamentary privilege in that regard requires an amendment to the Parliamentary Standards Act, the Government should facilitate this
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, MPs' Expenses and Allowances: Supporting Parliament, safeguarding the taxpayer, November 2009