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Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

The Minister is nodding in agreement with that proposition, so I look forward to hearing her expand on it. How is this Committee, when appointed, going to interact with the Kelly committee's recommendations? As you know, Mr. Speaker, earlier today I raised a point of order about the extraordinary announcements leaked from the Kelly committee. There are conflicting opinions as to where those leaks came from. Apparently one of my hon. Friends has been told on good authority by the BBC that the leak came from Sir Christopher Kelly's committee itself. That might put him in a rather difficult position, given that he is meant to be in charge of maintaining high standards in public life. I cannot see how leaking such information complies with that role, but I shall leave that to one side. Other conjecture has it that the information was leaked by the right hon. Gentleman who leads the Liberal Democrats.