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Actively promote high standards across this house. across this house. i would like to thank my honourable friend for the wonder who is the committee chair and all the other committee members who contributed to this thorough investigation. mr speaker, since 1695 there have been rules on paid advocacy in motion passed on the 2nd of may 1695 and a quote said the offer of any money or any advantage to any member of parliament for the promotion of any matter whatsoever in parliament is a high crime and misdemeanour. and mr speaker, if today at the amendment passes or if the motion falls entirely, i...

Considering a case. and in this case, the committee concluded on use their words, this was an egregious pace of paid advocacy that the right honourable memberfor pace of paid advocacy that the right honourable member for pay pers pace of paid advocacy that the right honourable memberfor pay pers north shropshire. and he has brought the house into disrepute. mr speaker, a lot has been said in the media about the standards process over the last week, but since 1695, this house has only ever strengthen the system. the house of commons library and the appendix to the code of conduct can provide a ...

Was a pattern of behaviour. and the member has said, time and again, over the last week, that he would do the same again tomorrow. so, if the house were to vote down or watered down the sanction or carry the amendment, it would be endorsing his action. we would be dismantling the rule and paid advocacy, which has been around in some shape or form since 1695. i'm afraid the public would think that we would be the parliament that licensed cash for questions. let me turn to the amendment. the right honourable lady now is that i have worked with her on many things. i think she is very wrong today....

Form it has been banned since 1695 and especially so since cash for questions, brought which this house into terrible disrepute in the 19905. into terrible disrepute in the 1990s. one conservative member described it to me as a catalogue of bad behaviour. i have yet to meet a conservative mp who has not said to me he clearly broke the rules. i think that includes the leader of the house. he said that he was raising serious roles but he did not say so at the time. if these were truly serious you might have expected him to write articles or do interviews in the media, as he was perfectly entitle...

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