Has my right hon. and learned Friend had a chance to see the report issued at 11 o'clock today on the conduct of the hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Derek Conway)? Does she agree that his conduct since almost the beginning of this century has brought this House...

Has my right hon. and learned Friend had a chance to see the report issued at 11 o'clock today on the conduct of the hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Derek Conway)? Does she agree that his conduct since almost the beginning of this century has brought this House...

The report has been published this morning by the Standards and Privileges Committee, and it is entitled: ““Mr. Derek Conway MP: Third Report of Session 2008-09””. I have not had a chance to study it in detail, but the Committee had already found that this Member had wrongly taken £13,000...

The report has been published this morning by the Standards and Privileges Committee, and it is entitled: ““Mr. Derek Conway MP: Third Report of Session 2008-09””. I have not had a chance to study it in detail, but the Committee had already found that this Member had wrongly taken £13,000...

Debate on a motion to approve the Committee on Standards and Privileges fourth report of session 2007-08 (HC 280) and to suspend Mr Derek Conway from the service of the House for a period of ten sitting days. Agreed on question.

Debate on a motion to approve the Committee on Standards and Privileges fourth report of session 2007-08 (HC 280) and to suspend Mr Derek Conway from the service of the House for a period of ten sitting days. Agreed on question.

It is always highly regrettable when the House has to debate a motion of this kind. The matter has come to the House after a full process of investigation and consideration by a recognised due process. The Committee on Standards and Privileges, following the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for...

It is always highly regrettable when the House has to debate a motion of this kind. The matter has come to the House after a full process of investigation and consideration by a recognised due process. The Committee on Standards and Privileges, following the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for...

My Committee's report, which forms the basis for this debate, was published at 11 o'clock on Monday. The hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Derek Conway), the subject of the report, came to the House that afternoon to make his personal statement. He said that he accepted our criticisms...

My Committee's report, which forms the basis for this debate, was published at 11 o'clock on Monday. The hon. Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (Derek Conway), the subject of the report, came to the House that afternoon to make his personal statement. He said that he accepted our criticisms...

As the Leader of the House said, these are always difficult moments for us as a House. That is right, and we should be careful in our response to such matters. I support the motion tabled in the name of the Leader of the House, and I will invite my...

As the Leader of the House said, these are always difficult moments for us as a House. That is right, and we should be careful in our response to such matters. I support the motion tabled in the name of the Leader of the House, and I will invite my...

I believe that the first part of the speech of the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) will meet with more cross-party agreement than the latter part. I want to make three points. First, when I became a Member of Parliament, I tried to follow the advice...

I believe that the first part of the speech of the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) will meet with more cross-party agreement than the latter part. I want to make three points. First, when I became a Member of Parliament, I tried to follow the advice...

I should like to support the Chairman of the Committee on Standards and Privileges in respect of the motion and to draw some general points from his report, as he did. I do so knowing that while we may individually be held in very high esteem by our constituents, collectively...

I should like to support the Chairman of the Committee on Standards and Privileges in respect of the motion and to draw some general points from his report, as he did. I do so knowing that while we may individually be held in very high esteem by our constituents, collectively...

As the Leader of the House made clear, this matter comes before us following the investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and the Standards and Privileges Committee. I join her in thanking the former parliamentary commissioner for his work. I also thank the members of the Committee for their...

As the Leader of the House made clear, this matter comes before us following the investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards and the Standards and Privileges Committee. I join her in thanking the former parliamentary commissioner for his work. I also thank the members of the Committee for their...

It is a difficult matter for a Committee to pass judgment on a fellow Member, even more so in cases where the Member belongs to the same political party as oneself. The Committee has carried out its work with the usual integrity that we expect, and we are grateful for...

It is a difficult matter for a Committee to pass judgment on a fellow Member, even more so in cases where the Member belongs to the same political party as oneself. The Committee has carried out its work with the usual integrity that we expect, and we are grateful for...

Personal statement by Derek Conway on the report of the Standards and Privileges Committee report (HC 280 2007-08) on the complaint made against him for employing his son as a researcher and parliamentary assistant.

Personal statement by Derek Conway on the report of the Standards and Privileges Committee report (HC 280 2007-08) on the complaint made against him for employing his son as a researcher and parliamentary assistant.

With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a personal statement to the House. The Committee on Standards and Privileges has today issued its report on the complaint made against me for employing my son as a researcher and parliamentary assistant. I will not delay the business of the...

With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a personal statement to the House. The Committee on Standards and Privileges has today issued its report on the complaint made against me for employing my son as a researcher and parliamentary assistant. I will not delay the business of the...