Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 0215035224
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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The Committee's report examines the memorandum produced by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards on the outcome of his investigation of complaints against the conduct of Mr George Galloway MP; the text of the memorandum is included as an appendix to the report. The Commissioner's investigation focused on allegations published in a series of articles in the Daily Telegraph in April 2003 that Mr Galloway had received substantial undeclared personal financial benefits from the former Iraqi regime ran by Saddam Hussein by way of the UN Oil for Food programme, and that in doing so he had breached the Commons' rules on registration of interests and the Commons' Code of Conduct. The Commissioner's inquiry has been one of the most complex undertaken and of unparalleled duration, having been delayed by legal proceedings. The Committee's report finds that Mr Galloway's use of parliamentary facilities in connection with the Mariam Appeal went beyond what is reasonable and that he should have registered his interests in the Mariam Appeal and all donations it received above the specified threshold. It also finds that there is strong circumstantial evidence that the former Iraqi Government funded the campaigning activities of the Mariam Appeal, with the connivance of Mr Galloway, through the Oil for Food programme. In doing so, Mr Galloway breached the advocacy rule of the Code. However, the Committee finds that there is no evidence that shows whether Mr Galloway has 'directly and personally, unlawfully received money from the former Iraqi regime'. The Committee finds that, in light of Mr Galloway's conduct in the course of the investigation, including questioning the integrity of the Commissioner and the Committee, he has damaged the reputation of the House. It recommends that he apologise to the House and that he should be suspended from the House for 18 sittings days, starting after the Summer Recess.
Author: George Galloway
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781595580627
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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Presents the testimony of a British Member of Parliament before a Senate subcommittee discussing his relationship with Saddam Hussein, his denial of any involvement in the oil-for-food program, and a critique of the United States war in Iraq.
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215514332
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Employment of family members through the staffing Allowance : Seventh report of session 2007-08, report and appendices, together with formal Minutes
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215033475
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Complaints about alleged misuse of Parliamentary dining Facilities : Third report of session 2006-07, report and appendices, together with formal Minutes
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215525437
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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This report, (HCP 1212, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215525437), contains conclusions on two cases referred to the Committee on Standards and Privileges by other committees of the House. The first case involved the unauthorised disclosure of two papers prepared for the European Scrutiny Committee by its legal adviser on the mandate for the inter-governmental conference which led to the Lisbon Treaty, and appeared in an article in the Daily Telegraph on 26 June 2007. The second involved the unauthorised disclosure of parts of a draft report prepared for the Home Affairs Committee on the Government's counter terrorism proposals which appeared in the Financial Times on 5 December 2007. The Standards Committee accepts the view that the disclosure of such internal committee papers constituted a substantial interference in their work.
Author: House of Commons Committee on Standards
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215524942
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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This is the 18th report from the Committee on Standards and Privileges (HCP 1188, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215524942) on a complaint against Ms Dari Taylor MP, for Stockton South. The complaint against Ms Taylor, by Mr James Wharton of Stockton South Conservatives, concerned the possible misuse of stationery and postage provided by Parliament, for letters sent between August and October 2007. In total, six letters were sent, with the Parliamentary Commissioner reaching a separate conclusion for each letter, as to whether the letters represented an allowable use of Incidental Expenses Provision and of House of Commons stationery and postage. The case against two letters was dismissed. The Commissioner concluded that in three cases, official House of Commons stationery provided by the House and pre-paid envelopes were misused, and that in a fourth case, official House of Commons stationery purchased by Ms Taylor was misused. The Committee therefore agrees with the Commissioner's conclusions. The Committee further concluded, that they strongly deprecated the continued misuse by Ms Taylor of House stationery for political purposes and also expresses regret that Ms Taylor has continued to dispute parts of the Commissioner's findings and has offered no apology. In conclusion, the Committee states Ms Taylor should pay the House authorities the sum of £500 and sunmit an unequivocal written apology.
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on Standards and Privileges
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215524089
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 12
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Additional costs Allowance : Main homes, fifteenth report of session 2007-08, report together with formal Minutes
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1422332462
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 503
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Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on Standards and Privileges
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215525253
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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Use of pre-paid envelopes and official Stationery : Nineteenth report of session 2007-08, report and appendix, together with formal Minutes
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee on Standards and Privileges
Publisher: The Stationery Office
ISBN: 9780215029546
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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About a complaint against Mrs Nadine Dorries, MP for Mid Bedfordshire.
