Parliamentary Standards Bill

I shall be extremely brief. The amendment is, very logically, an extension of the principle of removing clause 10 from the Bill. This is to make sure that investigations under clause 7""shall be deemed to be proceedings in Parliament as expressed in the Bill of Rights 1689, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act."" All I would add is that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards operates under that principle at the moment. This is independent regulation, but operating on the same basis—that the investigations should be privileged. The provision also guards against double jeopardy. I urge the House to support it.