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Old 05-11-2021, 11:06   #80
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Re: Owen Paterson: Anger as Tory MP avoids suspension in rule shake-up

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Originally Posted by OLD BOY View Post
Should the committee itself have their decision reviewed?
This system has been in place for decades. Parliament, including Owen Paterson himself, have had plenty of previous opportunity to review and add additional appeals processes if they wanted to do so. They didn't.

If they now want to do so, that is their right, but it shouldn't be retrospective for an individual case.

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And personally I don't think that the investigated should really be setting the rules for the investigators

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-b1951420.html

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A group of 22 Conservative MPs who voted for the government’s botched overhaul of parliament’s disciplinary process have been investigated by the conduct watchdog.
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