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Resolved,
That this House agrees with the recommendations contained in the First Report from the Select Committee on Standards in Public Life (House of Commons Paper No. 637) relating to—
- (1) the principal duties of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (paragraph 14);
- (2) the method of removal from office of the Commissioner (paragraph 23);
- (3) the preparation of amendments to Standing Orders relating to a Select Committee on Standards and Privileges (paragraph 40);
- (4) the preparation of a draft Code of Conduct (paragraph 47);
- (5) the preparation of guidance on registration and declaration of interests (paragraph 50);
- (6) a review of the law relating to bribery of Members (paragraph 52); and
- (7) updating, and improving the availability of, the Register of Members' Interests (paragraph 66).—[Mr. Newton.]