UK House of Commons

Rule History

Date Change Text
23 June 2020 Made

150B   Select committees, etc. / Independent Expert Panel: Sub-panels

Cases referred to the Independent Expert Panel under Standing Order No. 150A (Independent Expert Panel) shall be considered by a sub-panel appointed under paragraph (5)(b) of that order.

A sub-panel shall consist of three members of the Panel and shall have a quorum of three.

Sub-panels shall sit in private.

A sub-panel may request the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to conduct further investigations in respect of a case referred to it and may specify the matters to be covered in that investigation.

In respect of each case referred to it, a sub-panel shall make a report of its findings to the Chair of the Panel.

Where an appeal is made against a finding or determination of a sanction by a sub-panel, a new sub-panel shall be established to hear that appeal. No member shall be eligible to hear an appeal against the decision of a sub-panel on which they have served.

18 October 2022 Amended

150B   Select committees, etc. / Independent Expert Panel: Sub-panels

Cases referred to the Independent Expert Panel under Standing Order No. 150A (Independent Expert Panel) shall be considered by a sub-panel appointed under paragraph (5)(b) of that order.

A sub-panel shall consist of three members of the Panel and shall have a quorum of three.

Sub-panels shall sit in private.

A sub-panel may request the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to conduct further investigations in respect of an ICGS case referred to it and may specify the matters to be covered in that investigation.

In respect of a Code of Conduct case a sub-panel may request that the Committee on Standards or the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards share specific documents or records in their possession relating to the sub-panel's inquiries.

In respect of each case referred to it, a sub-panel shall make a report of its findings to the Chair of the Panel.

Where an appeal is made against a finding or determination of a sanction by a sub-panel in an ICGS case, a new sub-panel shall be established to hear that appeal. No member shall be eligible to hear an appeal against the decision of a sub-panel on which they have served.