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Standards and Privileges Committee

With effect from 7 January 2013, the Committee on Standards and Privileges will be replaced by the Committee on Standards and the Committee of Privileges. The Committee on Standards will contain three lay members, Sharon Darcy, Peter Jinman and Walter Rader. Further details can be found in the House of Commons Commission Report

and in the debate in the House on 13 December 2012.

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    The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards considers complaints about Members of Parliament. He uses the Members Code of Conduct to help him decide whether a complaint falls within his remit.
    The Committee for Standards in Public Life is an independent public body which advises governement on ethical standards across the whole of public life in the UK.