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Parliamentary Standards Bill

I am following carefully the hon. Gentleman's arguments, which seem to be well founded. Does he also agree that another oddity of the enforcement provisions is that there will be a requirement on IPSA to prepare a protocol on how it operates with a number of other bodies, including law enforcement bodies such as the Director of Public Prosecutions? In the absence of that protocol being available for consideration by the House as we are debating this legislation, how can we determine whether it would be compatible with the provisions of article 6? The sanctions could come not only from IPSA but from other bodies as a result of IPSA's inquiry.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
495 c85 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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