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Parliamentary Standards Bill

Proceeding contribution from Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 16 July 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Parliamentary Standards Bill.
This new offence criminalises conduct that on its own is currently not an offence. It does not mean that, if there was evidence of dishonesty, the person against whom the claim was made would not be prosecuted under the Fraud Act. This is a new offence but, if dishonesty were the case, the person would be prosecuted under the Fraud Act.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
712 c1278 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Criminal proceedings
Codes of practice
Allowances
Advocacy
Fraud
House of Commons
EU law
Freedom of expression
European Court of Human Rights
Pay
Members
Parliament
Standards
Speaker
Committee on Standards and Privileges
House of Commons Commission
European Court of Justice
Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations
Sunset clauses
Legislation
Parliamentary Standards Bill 2008-09
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
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