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Standards of Conduct in the House of Lords by the Committee on Standards in Public Life ISBN 0-10-149032-1 9 780101 490320 Volume 1: Report Cm 4903-I 0101490321_Cover.pdf 1 5/6/09 09:47:52 0101490321_POD / Sig: 2 / Plate B iv iv 0101490321_POD / Sig: 2 / Plate B B Plate / 2 Sig: / 0101490321_POD 0101490321_POD / Sig: 1 / Plate A Cm 4903-I Cm November 2000 November by Command of Her Majesty Her of Command by Presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister Prime the by Parliament to Presented Seventh Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life Chairman: Lord Neill of Bladen QC Volume 1: Report 1: Volume Standards of Conduct in the House of Lords in the House of Lords of House the in Standards of Conduct of Standards Volume 1: Report Chairman: Lord Neill of Bladen QC Bladen of Neill Lord Chairman: Standards in Public Life Public in Standards Seventh Report of the Committee on Committee the of Report Seventh Presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister by Command of Her Majesty November 2000 Cm 4903-I 0101490321_POD / Sig: 1 / Plate A A Plate / 1 Sig: / 0101490321_POD 0101490321_POD / Sig: 1 / Plate B ii .uk Fax: 01603-723000 or e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: or 01603-723000 Fax: HMSO, The Copyright Unit, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. 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Fax: 01603-723000 or e-mail: [email protected] ii 0101490321_POD / Sig: 1 / Plate B B Plate / 1 Sig: / 0101490321_POD 0101490321_POD / Sig: 2 / Plate A iii Committee on Standards LORD NEILL OF BLADEN QC BLADEN OF NEILL LORD in Public Life Chairman: Lord Neill of Bladen QC NovemberJanuary 2000 2000 yclege n omn hsrpr oyou. to report this I commend and colleagues My I am pleased pleased to to present present the the Seventh Sixth ReportReport of of the the Committee Committee on on Standards Standards in Public in PublicLife. Life. u aetrcmedtosaedsge ocniu h oetmtwrsreform. towards momentum the continue to designed are recommendations latest Our It is is unanimous. unanimous. 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It is unanimous. is It ti unanimous. is It Our latest recommendations are designed to continue the momentum towards reform. I am pleased to present the Seventh Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Public in Standards on Committee the of Report Seventh the present to pleased am I mpesdt rsn h it eoto h omte nSadrsi PublicLife. in Standards on Committee the of Report Sixth the present to pleased I am My colleagues and I commend this report to you. aur 2000 January November 2000 November odNilo ldnQC Bladen of Neill Lord Chairman: nPbi Life Public in LORD NEILL OF BLADEN QC omte nStandards on Committee iii 0101490321_POD / Sig: 2 / Plate A A Plate / 2 Sig: / 0101490321_POD 0101490321_POD / Sig: 2 / Plate B iv iv 0101490321_POD / Sig: 2 / Plate B B Plate / 2 Sig: / 0101490321_POD 0101490321_POD / Sig: 3 / Plate A v Table of Contents List of Recommendations 1 Chapters 1. Introduction and Background 3 2. Principles of Public Life 6 3. The House of Lords: Composition and Structure 13 About the Committee the About 4. Regulating 83 Conduct in the House of Lords 20 5. Declaration and Registration of Interests 30 List of Abbreviations and Acronyms and Abbreviations of List 82 6. Lobbying and the Ban on Paid Advocacy 50 F. Previous Reports by the Committee on Standards in Public Life Public in 81 Standards on Committee the by Reports F. Previous 7. Compliance 59 E. Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament of Members for 79 Conduct of E. Code Appendices registration of interests (7 November 1995) 1995) November 77 (7 interests of registration D. Resolutions of the House of Lords relating to the declaration and and declaration the to relating Lords of House the of Resolutions D. A. List of Submissions 71 from the Select Committee on Procedure of the House (24 April 1990) 75 1990) April (24 House the of Procedure on Committee Select the from B. List of Witnesses who gave Oral Evidence 73 C. Extract on Declaration of Pecuniary Interest from the Second Report Second the from Interest Pecuniary of Declaration on Extract C.
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