Risk-based Exclusion — 13 May 2024 at 20:09

“, save that the threshold for risk-based exclusion should be when a Member has been charged with a relevant offence”.

“has been arrested on suspicion of committing”.

“a risk assessment will take place”

“() The Panel shall have power to meet notwithstanding any adjournment of the House, in person or by electronic means.”

“() The Panel will not be given the name of the Member being risk assessed.”

“the charge has been withdrawn”

“no charge has been made”.

“the assistance of the Counsel to the Speaker, the Director of Parliamentary Security and such other members of the House administration as it thinks fit.”

“Members must not lobby the Panel…We carefully considered whether a Member subject to risk assessment should have the right to make representations”.

“The Panel will decide on appropriate measures to mitigate any risk, and such mitigation may include one or more of the following…exclusion from the Parliamentary estate…exclusion from domestic travel…and exclusion from foreign travel”.

“First, we propose that the power to exclude Members from the precincts should form only one part of a wider, formalised risk mitigation process. The evidence we heard from comparable bodies, including the police, suggests that interim suspension is normally a last resort.”

“The House Service could, for example, if it were thought necessary and appropriate”-

“move the MP’s member of staff to an office shared with other staff, or allocate the MP an office which has a higher degree of visibility.”

“A scheme like the ICGS must recognise the different working cultures and constitutional requirements, whilst at the same time contribute to a non-negotiable objective of helping to deliver a modern environment in which everyone is respected and valued. The Royal Military Police’s motto is Exemplo Ducemus-‘By example shall we lead’. I have taken the view that Parliament’s internal arrangements should also, as far as possible, lead by example. I have consciously sought to make recommendations that are both practical and reflect the highest possible standards.”

“Following the publication of the Angiolini report, senior House officials including the Speaker met with the Deputy Commissioner of the Met Police…to discuss the fact that Wayne Couzens…had worked on the parliamentary estate.”

“The PaDP leadership also now automatically informs Parliament’s Director of Security about serious disciplinary issues, and any officer accused of gross misconduct is automatically removed from working on the parliamentary estate.”

“It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.”

“deference, subservience, acquiescence and silence, in which bullying, harassment and sexual harassment have been able to thrive and have long been tolerated and concealed.”

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