Thread: Owen Paterson: Anger as Tory MP avoids suspension in rule shake-up
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Old 05-11-2021, 10:32   #74
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Re: Owen Paterson: Anger as Tory MP avoids suspension in rule shake-up
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Originally Posted by BenMcr View Post
Both the standards commissioner and the standards committee have to agree that an MPs conduct warrants formal action, it's not jut the standards commissioner by themselves
https://publications.parliament.uk/p...dTextAnchor058



At both stages of that investigation, the MP in question is given the opportunity to respond.

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This sudden need for an extra appeal step may have value, but you can't ditch an existing process before deciding what the new one is.

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And if you are going to add new appeals processes, you should also make sure that any final decision is properly enforced and can't be ignored

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ed-review-says
It is Owen Paterson’s argument that the Investigating Committee got its facts wrong and he was not, in fact, given the ability to correct them. He says he has not been listened to. Given that this point has been made, don’t you think that there should be a pause to consider whether there is a need to establish an appeal right?

This whole thing has been politicised and blown up out of all proportion. The belief (or suggestion) is that this is a ruse to let him off the hook, but actually, it is not. It’s about justice - the same kind of justice we give in all other areas of British life. An appeal would not necessarily reduce the penalty or quash the decision. However, it would at least give him the proper opportunity to let him have his say.
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