Ps will vote on whether to repeal the controversial standard reform that sparked the Westminster scandal.
The leader of the House of Commons has proposed a motion to revoke the so-called Lidsom Amendment, which aims to review the standard investigative procedures for members of Congress and postpone Irving Patterson’s suspension for violating lobbying rules Jacob Bres-Mogg on Monday.
It as Prime Minister It was admitted for the first time that he could have handled the Patterson incident “better”.
When Mr. Johnson was asked what he was going to say to those who thought he had “made a mistake” on the changes in standards, he said at the Downing Street press conference on Sunday: “Of course, I think things can of course be handled better. , Let me put it this way, it’s up to me.”
Since the government’s controversial attempt to dismantle the House of Commons standard system, the Conservative Party leader has seen his party and his own personal ratings plummet in opinion polls. A series of investigations have shown that the Conservative Party has lost since the scandal broke out. Leading advantage over the Labor Party.
Attempts to reform the system and the subsequent U-turn in less than 24 hours have intensified concerns about MPs’ second jobs and claims for expenses, leading to a series of negative news from the Conservative Party.
The Leadsom amendment is a response to Mr. Patterson, a former Minister of the Environment, who has withdrawn from Parliament and was suspended for 30 days after he was found to have been lobbying two companies to pay him more than £100,000 per year.
Before the ministers changed their course, the plan developed by the former leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, was to have a new cross-party committee to overhaul the entire standard process, but also to review Patterson. Mr.’s case.
But when the opposition parties made it clear that they did not support reforms, the plan broke down.
As the result of the vote split the Conservative Party backbenchers, the government supported a motion proposed by Chris Bryant, a senior Labour Party member, who is the chairman of the Special Committee on Standards.
If Mr. Bryant’s motion is approved by members of Congress, it will overturn the Conservative Party’s controversial amendment on November 3.
The order document stated that Monday’s motion “cancelled… the appointment of a new special committee,” which was originally scheduled to be chaired by former Minister of Culture John Whittingdale.
The motion will also accept a report from the Standards Committee, recommending that Mr. Paterson, the former cabinet minister, be suspended, while stating that he is no longer a member of Congress.
At a press conference on Sunday, the Prime Minister supported Catherine Stone, the Standards Commissioner of the House of Commons, and called for her to be “allowed” to do her job.
His comments came after the Secretary of Commerce Kwasi Kwarteng stated that Ms. Stone should consider her position after handling the investigation of the former North Shropshire MP Mr. Paterson.
Mr. Johnson said he has confidence in the Standard Tsar. He told reporters: “I think the commissioner has work to do and there is still a lot of work to do. She needs to take up her post and be allowed to do it.
“Whether the system can be improved is a question of the Standards Committee and the House of Representatives.”
At the same time, the Sunday Times claimed that the Minister of Transport Grant Sharps A keen pilot is using a lobbying agency to protect the airport from development.
According to reports, Mr. Shapus-reportedly owning an aircraft worth £100,000-“established and transferred public funds” to a new team within the Civil Aviation Administration, which aimed to lobby against infringements on the development of the airstrip. , Including housing projects. To report.
Angela Rayner accused Mr. Shaps of “not only violating the Ministerial Code, but also completely violating any standards of integrity and decency of public officials.”
In a statement, Ms. Reina emphasized the five aspects of the code she said Mr. Shappes violated, including that ministers must “ensure that there is no or seeming conflict between their public duties and private interests.” And it must “do not require civil servants to act in any way that conflicts with the “Code of Civil Service”.”
Ms. Reina said: “We have a cabinet minister here who seems to use his position and taxpayer money to conduct secret lobbying activities in his own department to promote his own personal interests and interests, rather than public interests. “
“The actions of Minister Boris Johnson bring shame to our democracy every day and erode public trust in our politics, and the Prime Minister has once again failed to take action to eliminate the corruption that has engulfed his government.”
The Department of Transportation (DfT) refuted these claims, saying that the Airport Advisory Group is not a lobbying agency, but “provides general aviation support on a series of issues that affect its operations.”
