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Committee on Standards

Commons Select Committee

The Committee on Standards cannot take on complaints about Members of Parliament. Such complaints should be directed to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards. You can follow the Committee on X (formerly Twitter) using @HoCStandards

Inquiry

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Outside employment and interests
Opened 8 January 2025

Non-inquiry work

Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.

Latest news

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Upcoming Committee on Standards evidence session with the Commissioner for Standards
On Tuesday 18 March 2025, the Committee on Standards will host an evidence session with the Commissioner for Standards, Daniel Greenberg CB
10 March 2025
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Committee on Standards launches inquiry into MPs' outside interests and employment
The Committee on Standards is inquiring into whether there should be changes to the rules relating to outside interests and employment in the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament.
31 January 2025
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Committee on Standards publishes Special Report on Government response
Committee on Standards publishes Special Report: House of Commons standards landscape: how MPs' standards and conduct are regulated: Government response
22 January 2025

Latest publications

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Correspondence with the Modernisation Committee relating to work into outside interests and employment - November 2024
Inquiry Outside employment and interests
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Correspondence
Third Report - The House of Commons standards landscape: how MPs’ standards and conduct are regulated
Inquiry House of Commons standards landscape
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Response to this report
1st Special - The House of Commons standards landscape: how MPs’ standards and conduct are regulated: Government Response
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Special Report
1st Special - The House of Commons standards landscape: how MPs’ standards and conduct are regulated: Government Response
Inquiry House of Commons standards landscape
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