Standards and Privileges - Tenth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 14 May 2008.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Conduct of Mr George Osborne
In what circumstances should financial support from the central party organisations to Members in their capacity as Shadow Ministers be registrable?
Conclusions
The complaint against Mr Osborne
Appendix: Memorandum from the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
Complaint against Mr George Osborne
Introduction
The Complaint
Relevant Provisions of the Code
My Inquiries
Mr Osborne's Account
i. The sources and size of funding for Mr Osborne's office
ii. The sequence of events which led Mr Osborne to decide not to register the donations to CCHQ
iii. Awareness of Mr David Willetts's registered donations.
iv. Information Mr Osborne received from his Whips' Office or others in coming to his decision
v. How far he was aware of the source of advice on which the Conservative Whips Office was relying and if he was aware of the specific questions they had asked in receiving this advice
Mr McLoughlin's Account
Commissioning the Registrar's Views
Approaches from Other Shadow Ministers
The Registrar's Account
Subsequent Exchanges
Findings of Fact
Conclusions
Does the obligation to register donations received as a Member of Parliament extend to donations received to support a Member in their Shadow Ministerial office?
Does the obligation to register donations apply only if a donation is for the individual by name, and not by virtue of the political office he or she is currently holding?
Does the obligation to register apply only when a donor identifies specifically the intended recipient of the donation and not when they are content for it to be used for any purpose in support of a political party?
Written evidence received by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
1. Article in Mail on Sunday, 13 January 2008
2. E-mail to the Commissioner from the office of Mr Kevan Jones MP, 14 January 2008
3. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Kevan Jones MP and Mr John Mann MP, 14 January 2008
4. Letter to Mr George Osborne MP from the Commissioner, 15 January 2008
5. Letter to Mr Kevan Jones MP and Mr John Mann MP from the Commissioner, 15 January 2008
6. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr George Osborne MP, 18 January 2008
7. Letter to Mr George Osborne MP from the Opposition Chief Whip, 17 January 2008
8. Shadow Ministerial Guidance on the Registration of Interests
9. E-mail to the office of the Opposition Chief Whip from the Registrar of Members' Interests, 6 December 2007
10 E-mail to the office of the Opposition Chief Whip from the Registrar of Members' Interests, 7 December 2007
11. Mr George Osborne's Donors wish Account
12. Letter to the Registrar of Members' Interests from the Commissioner, 22 January 2008
13. Letter to Mr George Osborne MP from the Commissioner, 22 January 2008
14. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Peter Ainsworth MP, 24 January 2008
15. Letter to the Commissioner from Rt Hon David Davis MP, 24 January 2008
16. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Alan Duncan MP, 25 January 2008
17. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Michael Gove MP, 23 January 2008
18. Letter to the Commissioner from Rt Hon William Hague MP, 24 January 2008
19. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Jeremy Hunt MP, 22 January 2008
20. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Andrew Lansley MP, 23 January 2008
21. Letter to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, 24 January 2008
22. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Grant Shapps MP, 23 January 2008
23. Letter to the Commissioner from Mrs Theresa Villiers MP, 23 January 2008
24. Letter to Mr Peter Ainsworth MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
25. Letter to Rt Hon David Davis MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
26. Letter to Mr Alan Duncan MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
27. Letter to Mr Michael Gove MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
28. Letter to Rt Hon William Hague MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
29. Letter to Mr Jeremy Hunt MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
30. Letter to Mr Andrew Lansley MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
31. Letter to Rt Hon Francis Maude MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
32. Letter to Mr Grant Shapps MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
33. Letter to Mrs Theresa Villiers MP from the Commissioner, 5 February 2008
34. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Peter Ainsworth MP, 11 February 2008
35. Letter to the Commissioner from Rt Hon David Davis MP, 6 February 2008
36. Note of telephone conversation between the Commissioner and Mr Alan Duncan MP, 6 February 2008
37. Note of meeting between the Commissioner and Mr Michael Gove MP, 12 February 2008
38. Letter to the Commissioner from Rt Hon William Hague MP, 14 February 2008
39. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Jeremy Hunt MP, 7 February 2008
40. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr Andrew Lansley MP, 18 February 2008
41. Letter to the Commissioner from Rt Hon Francis Maude MP, 7 February 2008
42. E-mail to the Commissioner from Mr Grant Shapps MP, 23 February 2008
43. E-mail to the Commissioner from Mrs Theresa Villiers MP, 7 February 2008
44. Letter to the Commissioner from the Registrar of Members' Interests, 6 February 2008
45. Letter to Mr George Osborne MP from the Commissioner, 12 February 2008
46. Letter to the Opposition Chief Whip from the Commissioner, 7 February 2008
47. Letter to the Commissioner from the Opposition Chief Whip, 20 February 2008
48. Letter to the Opposition Chief Whip from the Commissioner, 12 February 2008
49. Letter to the Commissioner from the Opposition Chief Whip, 18 February 2008
50. Letter to the Registrar of Members' Interests from the Commissioner, 21 February 2008
51. Letter to the Commissioner from Mr George Osborne MP, 26 February 2008
52. Letter to the Electoral Commission from Mr George Osborne MP, 22 January 2008
53. Letter to Mr George Osborne MP from the Electoral Commission, 22 February 2008
54. Letter to the Commissioner from the Registrar of Members' Interests, 3 March 2008
55. Letter to the Opposition Chief Whip from the Commissioner, 4 March 2008
56. Letter to the Registrar of Member's Interests from the Commissioner, 4 March 2008
57. Letter to the Commissioner from the Opposition Chief Whip, 11 March 2008
Formal minutes
Reports from the Committee on Standards and Privileges in the current Parliament
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