Asked by: Andrea Leadsom (Conservative - South Northamptonshire)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, what steps he is taking to help ensure that the House will be able to review the proposed changes to Parliament’s restoration and renewal programme.
Answered by Mark Spencer - Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
Work is continuing, at the direction of the House Commissions, on preparing for changes to the Restoration and Renewal (R&R) Programme. An independent assurance panel has provided advice which will inform the Commissions’ deliberations and recommendations. The two Houses will then be asked to consider a revised mandate for the works and changes to the sponsorship function. The debates are currently planned to take place before the summer recess.
R&R is a Parliamentary programme and the responsibility of Parliament. As any change will ultimately be a matter for the two Houses, I am committed to ensuring that Members are able to make informed decisions and review the proposed changes before making a decision.
Asked by: Andrea Leadsom (Conservative - South Northamptonshire)
Question to the Leader of the House:
To ask the Leader of the House, what discussions he has had with the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards on the potential merits of publishing investigations into non-ICGS matters on her website.
Answered by Jacob Rees-Mogg
The Committee on Standards published its report on Confidentiality in the House’s standards system in June and recommended that “the Commissioner should be given authority to publish a list of ongoing non-ICGS investigations and to confirm or deny whether a non-ICGS matter is being looked into, as she did before 19 July 2018.” The Government is continuing discussions with the Committee ahead of bringing forward a motion to implement the Committee’s recommendations.