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  Committee on Standards - Appointment of a Ms Melanie Carter
  
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  @ MP voted aye to appoint a Ms Melanie Carter as lay member of the Committee on Standards for a period of six years, with immediate effect.
  
  @ MP voted no not to appoint a Ms Melanie Carter as lay member of the Committee on Standards for a period of six years, with immediate effect.
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to appoint a Ms Melanie Carter as lay member of the Committee on Standards for a period of six years, with immediate effect.
  
  MPs were considering the motion:
  
  :That, in accordance with [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5802/cmstords/so_804_2021/so-orders.html#_idTextAnchor564 Standing Order No. 149A], Professor Michael Maguire CBE be appointed as lay member of the Committee on Standards for a period of six years, with immediate effect.
  
  The amendment to the motion which was rejected in this vote was:
  
  :in line 1, leave out
  :
  :âbe appointed as lay memberâ and insert
  :
  :âand Ms Melanie Carter be appointed as lay membersâ.
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