Backbench debate on Thursday, 12 May 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Adam Afriyie. The answering member was Charles Walker.

Review of Parliamentary Standards Act 2009

Twenty-seventh backbench debate (part one). Agreed to on question.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 527 c1386-404
Session: 2010-12
Department: Cabinet Office; Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
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Proceeding contributions: Barry Sheerman | 527 c1387 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a very good speech, but is it not a fact that the vast majority of Memb...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1386-7 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That it be an instruction to the Committee on Members' Allowances established under S...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1387 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for mentioning that. I noticed just the other day that 40 hon. Members ha...; Brian H Donohoe | 527 c1387 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on all the hard work that he has undertaken over many months on th...; Edward Leigh | 527 c1403 (Link to this contribution) There is a third audience: the taxpayer. Ultimately, nobody is independent of the House of Commons, ...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1404 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that the Committee is being set up. I expressed an interest in that Committee. It is ...; Lord Harper | 527 c1404 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes the position very clear. A structure has been set up with the Speaker's Committ...; Lord Mann | 527 c1396 (Link to this contribution) My constituency is one of the furthest from the sea, so the next debate on fisheries has no real rel...; Lord Harper | 527 c1399-400 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for clarifying that, which is very helpful. As my hon. Friend and t...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1400 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is talking about the Brandeis doctrine; Brandeis was a Supreme Court judge in the ear...; Lord Harper | 527 c1400 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. This is a good opportunity to leap forward to a point I was going t...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1400 (Link to this contribution) I conducted a review of regional and local newspaper publications. The evidence is pretty conclusive...; David Nuttall | 527 c1396-7 (Link to this contribution) I, too, will not detain the House for long. I entirely agree with the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (Joh...; Hilary Benn | 527 c1397-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity that the hon. Member for Windsor (Adam Afriyie) has given us—I, like other...; Lord Harper | 527 c1399 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor (Adam Afriyie) on securing the debate and on hi...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1399 (Link to this contribution) I certainly will. This is based on the evidence that I have received and that the 1922 committee dem...; Lord Harper | 527 c1400 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend. This is an opportunity to acknowledge that, as other Members have s...; Lord Harper | 527 c1401 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is trying to draw me into a much wider debate about public transparency, but this...; Lord Beamish | 527 c1401 (Link to this contribution) I would add that it is not just about the local media; the BBC in the north-east has taken the appro...; Lord Harper | 527 c1403 (Link to this contribution) I made a distinction in my remarks. Clearly, if the Committee, or indeed the National Audit Office, ...; Andrew Smith | 527 c1403 (Link to this contribution) I want to underline the importance of the point that the Minister has just made. Will he assure us t...; Lord Harper | 527 c1403 (Link to this contribution) Yes; I have said that several times and it is important. Although this House has many new Members, i...; Edward Leigh | 527 c1402 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister assure that House that when all this excellent work has been done and the Committe...; Lord Harper | 527 c1402-3 (Link to this contribution) As with all reports from Committees of this House, the Government will look carefully at the recomme...; Helen Jones | 527 c1401 (Link to this contribution) It is encouraging to hear that the NAO will survey Members. Will the NAO's value-for-money audit inc...; Lord Harper | 527 c1402 (Link to this contribution) The Comptroller and Auditor General makes it clear that all the NAO's work will be independent and e...; Bob Stewart | 527 c1395-6 (Link to this contribution) Exactly. It is clear that IPSA puts colleagues off claiming a lot. My hon. Friend the Member for Wi...; Bob Stewart | 527 c1395 (Link to this contribution) As one of the youngest Members of the 2010 intake, I remember sitting in the Members' centre a few d...; Edward Leigh | 527 c1392-5 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Windsor (Adam Afriyie) on tabling the motion, and on th...; Bob Stewart | 527 c1395 (Link to this contribution) Souse a herring—are we not moving on to that debate in a moment? I quickly sussed that the expenses...; Charles Walker | 527 c1395 (Link to this contribution) Sussed. You souse a herring.; Pete Wishart | 527 c1390-1 (Link to this contribution) I want to paint a picture of two different parliamentary expenses schemes. One is bureaucratic, diff...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1390 (Link to this contribution) It is my personal view, and that of many Members, that it would be a very strange day if we were to ...; Pete Wishart | 527 c1391-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for making that point, which gives me the opportunity to say that there i...; David Morris | 527 c1391 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that having an IPSA-type body is a good thing for MPs, but that it is ...; Andrew Smith | 527 c1390 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that it is critical that the House should uphold the fundamental impor...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1390 (Link to this contribution) From my observations of the system in Scotland in particular, and the system in Wales, I think there...; Jonathan Edwards | 527 c1389 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a very thoughtful speech. Like many Members in Wales, I have joint offi...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1389 (Link to this contribution) My interest in this issue has been on the public record for many years, and I would be very happy to...; David Nuttall | 527 c1389 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the establishment of the Committee. Will my hon. Friend confirm whether the membership of ...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1388-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady raises a key point that is at the heart of our democracy. In a parliamentary democracy...; Helen Jones | 527 c1388 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a very thoughtful and considered speech. Does he agree that there is no...; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1388 (Link to this contribution) That is right; I meant the 2010 intake. My heart goes out to them, because they have been as meticul...; Bob Stewart | 527 c1388 (Link to this contribution) It was 2010.; Adam Afriyie | 527 c1387-8 (Link to this contribution) That is the observation of many Members, I think. I have to say—I hope I will not get a hiss for thi...; Charles Walker | 527 c1403 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister accept that when we legislate in haste, as we did in 2009, such legislation someti...; Helen Jones | 527 c1395 (Link to this contribution) Especially on what IPSA allows.
Notes: Vote lists this as 27th allotted day. Please note that 19 May was also given as 27th allotted day.
Subjects: Allowances Members Members' interests
Legislation: Parliamentary Standards Act 2009
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on www.publications.parliament.uk

Review of Parliamentary Standards Act 2009

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