Parliamentary Standards Act 2009

  1. Introduction

  2. Background

    1. Outline of the current system of MPs’ allowances

    2. Recent and ongoing developments concerning MPs’ allowances

    3. Outline of the current system of salaries for MPs

    4. Outline of the current mechanisms for regulating standards in the House of Commons including the registration of MPs’ financial interests

  3. Summary

    1. Salaries and allowances for MPs

    2. MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial interests

    3. Investigation and enforcement

    4. The appointment of the IPSA

    5. The appointment of the Commissioner

    6. The Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

    7. Expiry of provisions of the Act

  4. Territorial Extent

  5. Commentary on Sections

    1. Section 1: Bill of Rights

    2. Section 2: House of Lords

    3. Section 3: Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority etc

    4. Schedule 1: Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

      1. Part 1: Members of the IPSA

      2. Part 2: The IPSA

    5. Schedule 2: Commissioner for Parliamentary Investigations

    6. Schedule 3: Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

    7. Sections 4-7: Salaries and allowances for MPs

    8. Section 8: MPs’ code of conduct relating to financial interests

    9. Sections 9-10: Investigation and enforcement

    10. Sections 11-15: Final provisions

  6. Commencement Dates

  7. Hansard References