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Ms Claudia Webbe MP 3 Letter from the Commissioner to the Complainant, 11 February 2021 3 RECTIFICATION 1 Contents Summary 2 Resolution letter: Ms Claudia Webbe MP 3 Letter from the Commissioner to the complainant, 11 February 2021 3 5 Written evidence 4 1. Email from the complainant to the Commissioner, 16 October 2020 4 2. Letter from the Commissioner to Ms Claudia Webbe MP, 23 October 2020 5 3. Letter from Ms Claudia Webbe MP to the Commissioner, 9 November 2020 8 4. Letter from the Commissioner to the Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests, 10 19 November 2020 10 5. Letter from the Commissioner to Ms Claudia Webbe MP, 19 November 2020 11 6. Letter from the Registrar of Members’ Financial Interests to the Commissioner, 25 November 2020 11 7. Letter from the Commissioner to Ms Claudia Webbe MP, 3 December 2020 12 15 8. Letter from Ms Claudia Webbe MP to the Commissioner, 23 December 2020 14 9. Letter from the Commissioner to Ms Claudia Webbe MP, 6 January 2021 15 10. Letter from the Commissioner to Ms Claudia Webbe MP, 21 January 2021 15 Appendix 1. Correspondence with Ms Claudia Webbe MP 16 Appendix 2. New Members’ Registration form, submitted by Ms Claudia Webbe 20 MP, 11 January 2020 24 RECTIFICATION 2 Summary I opened an investigation after receiving an allegation that Ms Claudia Webbe MP had breached paragraph 14 of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament. The complainant alleged that Ms Webbe had registered late ongoing remuneration she 5 received for her role as a Councillor for Islington council. My investigation concluded that eight payments had been registered outside of the 28-day deadline the House has set. In failing to register her interests within the specified time frame, I found the Member had acted in breach of paragraph 14 of the rules of conduct. 10 During my investigation Ms Webbe also notified me of a further financial interest she had received, payment of £1,068.73 from Tradewinds UK Ltd, which she should have registered sooner under Category 1, Employment and Earnings. This late registration resulted in a further breach of the rules. Ms Webbe has acknowledged and apologised for her breaches of the rules. She has 15 met with the Registrar in order to improve her awareness of the rules on registration, and she has assured me she now understands what is required when registering her interests in the future. I have asked the Registrar to arrange for all the relevant entries in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests to be placed in bold italics, so that it would be clear 20 they had been the subject of an inquiry 1. I consider this to be a suitable outcome and have concluded the inquiry using the rectification procedure available to me under Standing Order no 150. 1 During the course of the inquiry, three unpaid directorships, two trustee positions and five positions as a member of a body such as a committee, an authority or a forum (all previously registered under Category 8) were identified as being updated later than the 28 days required. These will also be italicised in the Register RECTIFICATION 3 Resolution letter: Ms Claudia Webbe MP Letter from the Commissioner to the complainant, 11 February 2021 I wrote to you on 26 October 2020, to tell you I had begun an inquiry into your allegation that Ms Claudia Webbe MP had acted in breach of the rules of conduct. I 5 write today to tell you the outcome of my inquiry. During my investigation I found that Ms Webbe breached paragraph 14 of the Rules of Conduct for Members of Parliament, in relation to her entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. The full rationale for my decision can be found in my letter to Ms Webbe, dated 3 December 2020 (item 7 in the written evidence pack), 10 Mswhich Webbe you can has access acknowledged once the evidence and apologised pack has been for published. her breach of the rules, and committed to take appropriate steps to I consider this breach to be at the less seriousavoid end ofa recurrence. the spectrum and have decided this inquiry should be concluded through the rectification procedure, available to 15 me through House of Commons’ Standing Order No 150. I will publish my decision and the written evidence pack shortly on my webpages https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial- interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/complaints-and- investigations/allegations-the-commissioner-has-rectified/ and I will report the 20 outcome to the Standards Committee in due course. Thank you for bringing this matter to my attention. I can confirm that the matter is now closed. 11 February 2021 RECTIFICATION 4 Written evidence 1. Email from the complainant to the Commissioner, 16 October 2020 I wish to raise an issue with regard to Claudia Webbe MP. I have looked at the MP’s Register of Interests and believe there are issues with 5 regard to the recording of her payments from Islington Council. Ms Webbe has been a Councillor at Islington since May 2010. In the first Register of this Parliament she put down a payment of £3,452.60 that was received from Islington Council on 19th December 2019. There has been nothing put down since that first Register until the latest Register 10 that declared her payments for the previous months, which were all recorded as at 1st October 2020. The latest Register showed that she received £876.59 per month on the following dates: • 26 January 2020 15 • 26 February 2020 • 26 March 2020 • 26 April 2020 • 26 May 2020 • 26 June 2020 20 • 26 July 2020 • 26 August 2020 • 26 September 2020 The Register then went on to say that from 26 October 2020 until further notice she will receive £876.59 per month. The issues regarding the entries in the Register are 25 as follows: 1. As a Councillor for the last 10 years, she is fully aware that she is paid an allowance of £876.59 per month. This figure has been in force since 1st April RECTIFICATION 5 2019 from Islington Council. This ongoing monthly payment should have been noted at the time of the first Register for this Parliamentary session 2. She is fully aware that any payment received must be declared within 28 days of its receipt. Yet all of them, bar the September payment, breaches this 28 day rule 5 I feel these are in breach of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament and should be investigated 16 October 2020 2. Letter from the Commissioner to Ms Claudia Webbe MP, 23 October 2020 I would welcome your help with an inquiry into an allegation I received from [name 10 redacted], about your entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and compliance with the House of Commons’ Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament. I enclose a copy of [name redacted] correspondence for information. The scope of my inquiry My inquiry will focus on whether you have acted in breach of paragraph 14 of the 15 House of Commons’ Code of Conduct for Members. The Code of Conduct The overarching rules are found in the House of Commons’ Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.2 Paragraph 14 of the Code states: “Members shall fulfil conscientiously the requirements of the House 20 in respect of the registration of interests in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. They shall always be open and frank in drawing attention to any relevant interest in any proceeding of the House or its Committees, and in any communications with Ministers, Members, public officials or public office holders.” 25 Further to the Code, the Guide to the Rules relating to the Conduct of Members states the following in Chapter 1: Registration of Members’ Financial Interests Requirements of the House 2. The House requires new Members, within one month of their 30 election, to register all their current financial interests, and any registrable benefits (other than earnings) received in the 12 months before their election. After that, Members are required to register within 28 days any change in those registrable interests. Such a change includes both the acquisition of a new interest and the 2 https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmcode/1882/188201.htm RECTIFICATION 6 ceasing of any registered interest, for example because an employment has ceased or because a holding has reduced in value or been sold. … 5 Category 1: Employment and earnings Threshold for registration 6. Members must register, subject to the paragraphs below, individual payments of more than £100 which they receive for any employment outside the House. They must also register individual 10 payments of £100 or less once they have received a total of over £300 in payments of whatever size from the same source in a calendar year. For ease of reference, I have attached a copy of your current entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which is also available via this link.3 15 Next steps In the first instance I would welcome your comments on the allegation that you have acted in breach of paragraph 14 of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament. I would also be grateful for your answers to the following questions: 1. Whether you were aware of the requirement to register all relevant financial 20 interests within the first month of a new Parliament and, thereafter, within 28 days of acquisition or change? 2. Whether you consider you should have registered sooner remuneration received between January and August 2020 in respect of your role as a Councillor with Islington Council? 25 a.
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