ps There will be a vote on the new rules to curb their external business interests, as the so-called “dirty tricks” of the Conservative Party and the “slander” of Westminster have sparked new quarrels.
In an unexpected initiative, Boris Johnson Announced on Tuesday that he supports the prohibition of paid consulting work labor
this government Wednesday effectively took over the Labour Party’s opposition day debate and proposed an amendment with its own proposal.
The move provoked an angry response from the Labor Party, which accused the ministers of “playing down” their initial motion, effectively making it non-binding.
The Labour Party’s text calls for the prohibition of “any paid work to provide the services of parliamentary strategists, consultants or consultants”.
Crucially, it also includes a request for the Standards Committee of the House of Commons to put forward a proposal to implement the ban, and to ensure that members of Congress have time to debate and vote in the House of Representatives.
In contrast, the more vaguely worded government amendment simply describes the advisory ban as the “foundation of a viable method” and supports the work of the Standards Committee to update the code of conduct for members.
The Shadow House of Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said: “After the Conservative Party scandal, the Labour Party put forward a binding motion to start cleaning up our politics. conservative Is trying to downplay it.
This is a prime minister who has to be dragged, kicked and screamed before he can do anything that meets the standards in public life.
“Boris Johnson has been driven into desperation. He accepted our motion in a letter to the Speaker a minute later, but then proposed an amendment that would delete the core part of the guarantee that action will be taken.
“This is a typical dirty trick of the Conservative Party.”
The second Labor Party motion will try to force the government to publish the minutes of meetings between ministers, officials and Randox.
Randox, a diagnostic company, hired Owen Paterson, the former cabinet minister who caused the storm, as a consultant.
The ministers hope that their amendment will appease Conservative MPs who are still angry about the government’s handling of the issue and save them from voting against the prospect of banning paid consultations.
However, the move has angered some senior Conservative parties, who are disturbed by the prospect of having to abandon lucrative consulting contracts, although it seems unlikely that there will be enough rebels to overthrow the majority of the government.
At the same time, when Mr. Johnson faces detailed questions from senior members of the Liaison Committee of the House of Commons regarding “government etiquette and ethics”, he will be subject to further scrutiny.
In a letter to the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsey Hoyle, the Prime Minister set out his reform proposals, including two important recommendations from the Public Living Standards Committee on the External Benefits of Members of Parliament in 2018.
This includes changing the code of conduct so that any outside work should be “within reason” and “without preventing them from fully performing” their duties. Those who do not comply shall be “investigated and punished appropriately.”
His proposed changes would also prohibit members of Congress from accepting paid work as parliamentary strategists, consultants, or consultants, as well as accepting compensation or offering employment opportunities as political consultants.
The leader of the Labour Party, Sir Kil Stammer, said that after the Labour Party put forward a binding anti-day motion, Mr. Johnson “succumbed.”
“This is a prime minister who has to be dragged, kicked and screamed in order to do anything according to standards in public life,” he said.
Earlier Tuesday, MPs finally voted to support the investigation, which found that Mr. Patterson violated the House of Commons code of conduct, lobbying ministers and officials to demand that the two companies pay him more than £100,000 a year.
The unanimous motion also canceled the proposed changes to protect him from the 30-day suspension. Just two weeks ago, the Prime Minister ordered Conservative Party members to support his suspension.
Since many Conservative parties still feel pain after facing “dirty” accusations after reluctantly voting for the original plan, former Prime Minister Theresa May said that the attempt to save Mr. Patterson was “wrong and wrong. , Completely wrong”.
She warned the House of Commons that a U-turn to approve the investigation of Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Kathryn Stone would “cannot eliminate the damage caused to all members of Congress.”
