All 1 Debates between Peter Bone and Adam Afriyie

Parliamentary Standards Act 2009

Debate between Peter Bone and Adam Afriyie
Thursday 15th December 2011

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Adam Afriyie Portrait Adam Afriyie
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I draw hon. Members’ eyes back to the first recommendation—the first thing that we are insisting on is that that independence should remain. That is what this whole thing was about. We were not tackling that in any way, other than to say that in some ways that independence should possibly even be enhanced through a separation of the administration and regulatory functions, so that IPSA would be in an even more powerful position to do the regulation, audit and checking, rather than doing the administration.

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Adam Afriyie Portrait Adam Afriyie
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I will give way twice more, and then I will definitely stop. I give way first to my hon. Friend.

Peter Bone Portrait Mr Bone
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My hon. Friend is making an extraordinarily powerful and well reasoned case. But is it not a fact that a vote on his motion would simply say that the House approves of the recommendations? It could not force the Government or IPSA to do anything. May I suggest that a lot of misinformation is being given out by the usual channels?

Adam Afriyie Portrait Adam Afriyie
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We have all heard my hon. Friend’s comments.