Paul Waugh of the Evening Standard is on the ball:
[....] Today's Standards and Privileges Committee report on Alan Duncan includes a few lines that are much, much more important than their verdict on Dunky himself (who was fully cleared). The Committee - which is meant to police MPs behaviour don't forget - is very narked that Labour MP John Mann wrote to Standards Commissioner John Lyon to ask for an investigation into Dunky's conduct....without submitting a formal complaint.
"We wish to re-emphasise that we will agree to the Commissioner investigating allegations against Members in the absence of a formal complaint only in exceptional circumstances”. “Investigations of this kind cost public money and can divert resources away from other work. We will not allow the Commissioner’s office to be used by MPs simply as a means of refuting unfounded allegations that appear in the press." But hold on, isn't this a direct rebuff of one of Sir Christopher Kelly's key recommendations yesterday? [....]
Some things never change...
"We wish to re-emphasise that we will agree to the Commissioner investigating allegations against Members in the absence of a formal complaint only in exceptional circumstances”. “Investigations of this kind cost public money and can divert resources away from other work. We will not allow the Commissioner’s office to be used by MPs simply as a means of refuting unfounded allegations that appear in the press." But hold on, isn't this a direct rebuff of one of Sir Christopher Kelly's key recommendations yesterday? [....]
Some things never change...
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