Dual Reporting and Revised Guide to the Rules

Download or read book Dual Reporting and Revised Guide to the Rules written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Committee on Standards and Privileges and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2009 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the 4th report (HCP 208, session 2008-09, ISBN 9780215526298) from the Committee on Standards and Privileges, and looks at dual reporting and a revised guide to the rules. It follows an interim report, published in July 2008 (HCP 989, session 2007-08, ISBN 9780215521972, "Ending dual reporting of donations"). An unintended consequence of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PGA 2000 c. 41, ISBN 9780105441007), was to require Members of the House of Commons to register certain interests both with the Registrar of Members' Interests and with the newly formed Electoral Commission. This has led to confusion and duplication, with Members' facing criticism or sanctions for registering an interest in one body but not the other. The report sets out how the Committee proposes the House of Commons should create the conditions in which dual reporting can be ended. A summary of the proposed changes to the Guide is set out and the implications for Members. The Annex to this report contains the full text of the revised Guide.