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Debate on Thursday, 27 March 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Young of Cookham. The answering member was Nick Harvey.

Standards and Privileges

Debate on a motion to approve the Committee on Standards and Privileges sixth report on the employment of family members through the staffing allowance (HC 383 2007-08). Agreed on question.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
474 c382-94 
Session
2007-08
Department
House of Commons Commission
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 474 c393 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am reluctant to stop the Leader of the House. I thought that she was giving some brief back...
Speaker | 474 c385 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the hon. Member for Sunderland, South (Mr. Mullin) responds to that, may I remind the ...
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Lord Young of Cookham | 474 c382-4 (Link to this contribution) Before I turn to my Committee's specific recommendations in its seventh report, it might be helpful ...
Chris Mullin | 474 c384-5 (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak in support of the motion. I am a member of the Standards and Privileges Committee, w...
Nick Harvey | 474 c389 (Link to this contribution) I have every sympathy with the hon. Lady's point. When the Standards and Privileges Committee report...
Kali Mountford | 474 c389-90 (Link to this contribution) Many Members with this concern will be comforted by that helpful response. When I asked members of t...
Mark Field | 474 c390-2 (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the report; in particular, I compliment the Committee on producing it so rapidly. As...
Baroness Harman | 474 c392 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Standards and Privileges Committee for its work. The report is based on consideration of...
Kevin Barron | 474 c388 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman saying that Members who employ two family members should get rid of one of the...
Kali Mountford | 474 c388-9 (Link to this contribution) I preface my remarks by declaring two interests. The first is that I am a member of the advisory pan...
Andrew MacKay | 474 c387 (Link to this contribution) Would the hon. Gentleman really be comfortable with public advertising of vacancies for our staff? T...
Simon Hughes | 474 c386-7 (Link to this contribution) Thank you. I should like to put in a plug for colleagues and people outside who have a view about pa...
Chris Mullin | 474 c385-6 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, Mr. Deputy Speaker. My hon. Friend's point is that such changes come about usually only afte...
Simon Hughes | 474 c386 (Link to this contribution) We are all grateful to the Standards and Privileges Committee for its work, particularly as it has w...
David Winnick | 474 c385 (Link to this contribution) This is not on the pension position, but is it not the case that reform usually comes only because o...
John Butterfill | 474 c385 (Link to this contribution) I thought that the hon. Gentleman was referring to the previous debate. The change that he is descri...
Chris Mullin | 474 c385 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's confirmation that my recollection is not wrong. It is certain...
John Butterfill | 474 c385 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman said that we voted down some of the SSRB's proposals on pensions. The only way th...
Chris Mullin | 474 c385 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is far better acquainted with the subject than I am, but my recollection is that ...
Simon Hughes | 474 c387-8 (Link to this contribution) My understanding is that that occasionally happens under the present arrangements, when Members find...
Shailesh Vara | 474 c393-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for North-West Hampshire (Sir George Young) for the sterling...
Simon Hughes | 474 c388 (Link to this contribution) I said very clearly that we cannot legislate retrospectively in such matters, but from 1 August onwa...
Baroness Harman | 474 c393 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Deputy Speaker, you have done exactly the right thing in interrupting me and I will conclude wit...
Subjects
Allowances Employment Families Ethics Members Members' staff
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