Committee on Standards in Public Life: Standards of Conduct in the House of Commons
R8-19
Published November 2002
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
(a) It should be a requirement of the Code of Conduct that no MP shall lobby a member of the Committee on Standards and Privileges with the intention of influencing their view of a case.
(b) Until the Committee’s report on a case is published, there should be an explicit requirement that no member of the Committee on Standards and Privileges should discuss the case outside Committee meetings.
(c) The recommendations at (a) and (b) should apply equally to members of the Investigatory Panel. (page 49)
(b) Until the Committee’s report on a case is published, there should be an explicit requirement that no member of the Committee on Standards and Privileges should discuss the case outside Committee meetings.
(c) The recommendations at (a) and (b) should apply equally to members of the Investigatory Panel. (page 49)
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Standards of Conduct in the House of Commons, November 2002