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Proceeding contribution from Jack Straw (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 June 2009. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Parliamentary Standards Bill.

Parliamentary Standards Bill

I do not accept that. We are not pre-empting what Sir Christopher Kelly is doing. The fact of the Kelly inquiry was well known to all three party leaders. For these purposes, I am not putting words into the mouths of the leaders of the nationalist parties, but the three main party leaders are on the record as welcoming the establishment of an Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, notwithstanding and in the full knowledge that the Kelly inquiry was under way. That is the truth—

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
495 c193 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Codes of practice Conduct Allowances Committee on Standards in Public Life House of Commons Functions Judges Income Pay Public appointments Workplace pensions Members Members' interests Standards Select committees Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Fees Office Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations
Legislation
Parliamentary Standards Bill 2008-09
Link
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