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  Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards - Publication of Information About Matters Under Investigation
  
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  @ MP voted aye for the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to continue to be permitted to publish information about individual investigations before those investigations are concluded. 
  @ MP voted no to stop the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards routinely publishing information about individual investigations before those investigations are concluded. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to stop the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards routinely publishing information about individual investigations before those investigations are concluded. 
  
  One of the roles of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards is to investigate the conduct of members of Parliament. 
  
  MPs were considering a motion which, among other provisions, stated:
  
  :That this House....
  :''approves'' the [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmstandards/1396/139602.htm Second Report from the Committee on Standards, Independent Complaints and Grievance Policy: Implementation, HC1396], and the [https://www.parliament.uk/documents/news/2018/1%20ICGP%20Delivery%20Report.pdf Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme Delivery Report] and its proposals for ensuring clear standards for all who work in or visit Parliament, and, in particular:
  :...
  :(4) ''recognises'' the role of the [https://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/standards-and-financial-interests/parliamentary-commissioner-for-standards/ Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards] to consider cases arising from the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme; 
  :''notes'' the arrangements about publishing the details of investigations of such cases to ensure complaints are handled confidentially as set out in the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme Delivery ''Report''; and
  ::''accordingly agrees'' that, for consistency and fairness, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards should no longer routinely publish information about individual investigations before those investigations are concluded and accordingly agrees to amend sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (12) of [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmstords/1020/body.html#_idTextAnchor844 Standing Order No. 150] by inserting âstatisticalâ before âinformationâ and leaving out âand matters under investigationâ;
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :amendment (a), in paragraph (4), leave out from âReport;â to the end.
  
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