Sentences with phrase «committee on standards in public life»

Sir Christopher's committee on standards in public life carried out a series of public hearings and has been studying hundreds of submissions from MPs and the public in the wake of the expenses scandal.

Asked about the row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's expenses, the former chairman of the Commons committee on standards in public life Sir Alistair Graham has told ITV News: «Cabinet ministers have to show strong leadership on ethical issues and she hasn't shown any.»

Sir Christopher Kelly's committee on standards in public life began examining options for political party finance after the coalition committed to pursue reform.

King was a member of the Nolan committee on standards in public life in 1994 and the Wakeham commission on the future of the House of Lords in 1999.

Sir Christopher's committee on standards in public life carried out a six - month inquiry in the wake of the scandal about MPs» expenses and made a series of recommendations earlier this month to change the system.

Nick Clegg is to launch his campaign for reform of how political parties are funded, in an address to the committee on standards in public life.

Last November the Kelly Report was published by the committee on standards in public life.

Last November a genuine attempt to solve the issue, from the committee on standards in public life, proposed the introduction of a # 10,000 cap on donations.

* 17th October 2017, Committee on standards in public life: Intimidation of Parliamentary candidates: roundtable transcript Speaker: Tim Bale (pdf)

Mr Clarke made his call for a strengthened ministerial code as the committee on standards in public life published its annual report.

Mr Clarke also called on the committee on standards in public life to publish a code of conduct covering government publications and advertising campaigns.

An attempt by Labour to try to make itself a movement with broader appeal is particularly acute as the parties all await a report into funding due to be published in October by the committee on standards in public life.

Sir Alistair Graham, ex-chairman of the committee on standards in public life, called for a review of the perks system including family employees and second home allowances, which critics say is abused by a string of MPs including ministers.

It would also look at «the necessity of urgent new legislation to balance those provisions» with recommendations made in a report from the committee on standards in public life on the «big donor culture» in politics.

The reaction to the report «political party funding — ending the big donor culture ``, by the committee on standards in public life, chaired by Sir Christopher Kelly, has been depressing if not surprising.

Kelly, the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, insisted his proposals were «fair and reasonable» and would bring Westminster into line with other walks of life and other legislatures.

Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg pledge their support for the recommendations of the chairman of the committee on standards in public life

If the report by the committee on standards in public life into political party finance was adopted then Conservative voters would find themselves funding Labour candidates and vice versa.

So the committee on standards in public life was right to be optimistic by launching an inquiry into the issue trying to move on from the 2007 impasse over Labour's trade union funding.

Michael Dugher, shadow Cabinet Office minister, comments on a committee on standards in public life report on the funding of British political parties:

Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, said the meeting appeared to be a breach of the ministerial code.

The prime minister's spokesperson comments on a committee on standards in public life report on the funding of British political parties:

Here's what the committee on standards in public life has to say about its lessons learned from overseas models: «The importance of the prize — political office — is such that the temptation for avoidance or, in some cases, evasion is considerable.»

Last November the committee on standards in public life put forward a proposal to cap individual donations at # 10,000 and increase the amount of funding of political parties paid for by the state.

Sir Christopher Kelly, chairman of the committee on standards in public life, comments on its report into British political party funding:

In evidence, Sir Christopher Kelly, the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, told the committee he believed Cameron had probably broken the ministerial code in not using Mawer.

Stretching back to the Neil Hamilton cash for questions saga, the committee on standards in public life was established in 1994 and then in the wake of the expenses scandal, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) was painfully born.

The long - awaited inquiry into MPs» expenses by Sir Christopher Kelly's committee on standards in public life — which will set out a framework for new rules regarding MPs» expenses — will publish its report on Wednesday 4 November, a committee spokesman announced today.

The code requires members to act in the public interest and in accordance with the seven general principles of conduct identified by the committee on standards in public life: selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

Ms Harman's statement concluded: «The committee on standards in public life will report their views in due course, which of course we will consider seriously, but we should implement as many interim changes as possible without delay.»

Labour and the Conservatives» representatives on the committee on standards in public life, which has spent the last year coming up with proposals to remove big money from politics, both issued dissenting notes making clear that they weren't happy at all.

Sir Christopher Kelly's committee on standards in public life is grilling Harriet Harman and co on the expenses inquiry.

In a letter to the committee on standards in public life, which is looking into MPs» pay expenses, Gordon Brown muted the idea of scrapping the second home allowance altogether.

Sir Christopher was speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme after the committee on standards in public life, which he chairs, published its response to the new expenses consultation.

«Experience from Northern Ireland, the examples of Britain in 1927, conclusions by the committee on standards in public life all suggest there would be considerable reduction in the number affiliated.

During a review of party funding last year by the committee on standards in public life, the Tories suggested an annual cap of # 50,000 per donor.

In the wake of the Straw and Rifkind case, Sir Alistair Graham, former chairman of the committee on standards in public life, has also called for the entire parliamentary standards regime to be changed to ensure it «genuinely represents the broader public interest».

The committee on standards in public life welcomed the plans, which seemed to be significant steps towards the establishment of a robust regime.

The first of these other options is the «Kelly option» named after the chairman of the committee on standards in public life, which looked at party funding in 2011.