Honours (Prevention of Corruption) Bill

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What the Bill does

This is a Private Members Bill sponsored by Angus MacNeil (SNP, Na h-Eileanan An Iar)

The Bill was first presented in the aftermath of the cash for peerages scandal and aims to regulate the award of life peerages to donors to political parties.

In particular it would

• create an Honours and Appointments Commission with responsibilities relating to the awarding of certain honours and life peerages to donors to political parties;

• create a quarantine period between the donation to a political party and the award of an honour;

• regulate donations to political parties from individuals or organisations who benefit from government contracts or sponsor government programmes.

Progress

House of Commons

First reading: June 13 2006 [HC Bill 196]

Second reading: October 20 2006