Standards and Privileges Committee

"Committee of Privileges" redirects here. For the similarly named body in the House of Lords, see Committee for Privileges and Conduct.

The Standards and Privileges Committee of the United Kingdom House of Commons was established in 1995 to replace the earlier Committee of Privileges. Ten Members of Parliament sit to make recommendations to the House on complaints of breach of Parliamentary privilege.

The Committee is appointed by the House of Commons to oversee the work of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. It examines the arrangements for the compilation, maintenance and accessibility of the Register of Members' Interests and considers specific complaints made in relation to the registering or declaring of interests and any matter relating to the conduct of Members, including specific complaints in relation to alleged breaches in the Code of Conduct which have been drawn to the Committee's attention by the Commissioner.

On the 9th of December 2010 Geoff Hoon along with Stephen Byers and Richard Caborn were banned from entering the Parliamentary estate; the Committee banned Geoff Hoon for five years as his was the most serious breach, whilst Byers received two years and Caborn six months.^[1] This was due to the 2010 Cash for Influence Scandal

Membership

As of 22 November 2010, the members of the committee are as follows:

Member		Party	Constituency
	Rt Hon Kevin Barron MP (Chair)	Labour	Rother Valley
	Sir Paul Beresford MP	Conservative	Mole Valley
	Tom Blenkinsop MP	Labour	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	Annette Brooke MP	Liberal Democrat	Mid Dorset and North Poole
	Tom Clarke MP	Labour	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	Geoffrey Cox MP	Conservative	Torridge and West Devon
	Matthew Hancock	Conservative	West Suffolk
	Oliver Heald MP	Conservative	North East Hertfordshire
	Heather Wheeler MP	Conservative	South Derbyshire
	Alan Whitehead MP	Labour	Southampton Test

Source: Standards and Privileges Committee

Changes

Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Selection Committee. Such changes are shown below.

Date	Outgoing Member & Party		Constituency	→	New Member & Party		Constituency	Source
19 October 2010		Eric Ollerenshaw (Conservative)	Lancaster and Fleetwood	→		Matthew Hancock (Conservative)	West Suffolk	Hansard
22 November 2010		Jim Cunningham MP (Labour)	Coventry South	→		Tom Blenkinsop MP (Labour)	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Hansard

See also

• List of Committees of the United Kingdom Parliament

References

1. ^ "Three Former MPs Face Parliamentary Ban". http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Politics/Geoff-Hoon-Stephen-Byers-And-Geoff-Hoon-Could-All-Be-Banned-From-Houses-Of-Parliament/Article/201012215850598?lpos=Politics_Second_UK_News_Article_Teaser_Region_1&lid=ARTICLE_15850598_Geoff_Hoon,_Stephen_Byers_And_Geoff_Hoon_Could_All_Be_Banned_From_Houses_Of_Parliament. 

External links

• Standards and Privileges committee at the UK Parliament website

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