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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211103 14:19:00

Recommendation that mps are discussing now but what has since happened is that conservatives who are sympathetic to owen paterson had tabled an amendment to that to try and change it so it would put the suspension on hold and set up a new committee which would look at the whole disciplinary process again. and the key issue they want to focus on is that owen paterson, who has always said he did not do anything wrong, has questioned the process saying there is no right of appeal for an mp who is found to have breached the rules and there is no appeal against the punishment and that he was not allowed to have witnesses who would have spoken in his defence interviewed as part of that, so what this amendment is looking at is whether or not that sort of process should be introduced via the committee and the government has swung behind the amendment and told the tory mps they should vote for it but the reason it s so controversial is that it is coming back off the individual case and it ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211103 14:15:00

The case, and there are two different interpretations here, surely the different interpretations should be open to someone? ihe surely the different interpretations should be open to someone? he is absolutely right should be open to someone? he is absolutely right and should be open to someone? he is absolutely right and these are two things the committee will be asked to look at to see if it can clarify the interpretation on the whistle blowing exemption. let me return to standing order 150 which appears to provide a mechanism for the investigation of contentious cases which respects national justice, ensures the councillors appointed, appropriate for what is ultimately a quasi judicial process and introduces significant checks and introduces significant checks and balances into the investigation such as the appointment of a separate member by the speaker to act as an assessor and the right of the member being investigated to call witnesses and be able to examine other witnesses r ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211103 14:40:00

Recommended by the new committee. members must active when we see a situation arise that we do not believe it to be compatible with the prince was of naturaljustice. must act. the process of natural justice. how can one not consider the sorrow my right honourable friend has suffered when considering this report? the suicide of his wife is any punishment than any house of commons committee could inflict. as we all know, the quality of mercy is not strained. it drops as a gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. it is twice blessed. it blesses him that gives and him that takes. it is in this way the house should consider this case understand is more widely. this system must providejustice, tempered by mercy, for mercy is essential to justice. the question is the motion on standards the question is the motion on standards is on the order paper. i ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211103 14:08:00

Problems with process. let me turn first to be examination or non examination of witnesses. paragraph at six to ten of a standing order 150. allow the commissioner to appoint an investigatory panel to assist in establishing the facts relevant to an investigation. the standards committee is also able to request the commissioner appoints such a panel. underthese the commissioner appoints such a panel. under these provisions, the commissioner chose this committee with two assesses he would advise the commissioner but have no responsibility for the findings. one would be a legal assessor and the other a senior member of the house he would advise on parliamentary matters and be appointed by you, mr speaker. the commissioner were to determine the proceedings and code appoint counsel to assist the panel. the member against him the complaint had been made would be entitled to be heard in person and have the opportunity to call witnesses and examine other witnesses. the conclusion of proceeding ....

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Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20211103 14:27:00

In essence, that is what is being debated this afternoon, the process and whether there should be another committee set up. it is controversial and you will have picked up already on some element of party political divide around this and there is the person in question, owen paterson, the north shropshire mp. we will be back in the comments in the next few minutes and our political correspondent is listening across to that and we will keep an eye on that, but with the time at 2:27 pm we will take a look at a few other stories making the news this afternoon. let s start with a complaint by the scottish health secretary about a nursery in dundee has been upheld today by the care inspectorate. humza yousaf and his wife complained over concerns that their daughter was discriminated against. let s get more from our scotland correspondent catriona renton. people watching might remember some ....

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