division_name: Committee on Standards
motion: <p class="indent" pid="d842.5/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That, in accordance with <phrase class="standing-order" code="149A">Standing Order No. 149A</phrase>, Professor Michael Maguire CBE be appointed as lay member of the Committee on Standards for a period of six years, with immediate effect.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d842.5/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;a step towards enhancing public acceptance of the robustness and independence of the disciplinary process for Members of Parliament.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d848.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;on behalf of the&#8230;Commission&#8221;&#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d849.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;be appointed as lay member&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d849.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;and Ms Melanie Carter be appointed as lay members&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d850.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The two candidates represent a combination of experience and qualities which should reinforce public confidence in the independent element in the House&#8217;s disciplinary processes.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="d853.3/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;on behalf of the&#8230;Commission&#8221;&#8212;</p>