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1521812

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date	13/10/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Committee of Privileges: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will make an estimate of the cost to House of Commons authorities of the (a) internal and (b) external legal advice and (c) legal support provided to the Committee of Privileges on the inquiry into the Rt hon Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip; what the estimated budget for the inquiry is, and what role the Commission plays in establishing the budget for legal advice for Committee inquiries.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	62743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>Internal legal advice is provided by salaried members of the Office of Speaker’s Counsel. No additional resources have been required in order to support this inquiry, which has been covered by the ordinary costs of running that Office.</p><p> </p><p>External legal advice has been provided to the Committee by Sir Ernest Ryder KC, at the request of the Committee. The total cost of this advice to date has been £17,850.</p><p> </p><p>Committee inquiries do not have allocated budgets.</p><p> </p><p>The Commission has no involvement in establishing the budget for advice for individual Committee inquiries. Standing Order No. 148A gives the Committee of Privileges power to appoint legal advisers.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 01/11/2022 17:55:48 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1521813

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Sir Ernest Ryder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much from the public purse has been paid by the House of Commons to Sir Ernest Ryder KC in each of the last 24 months.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	62744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The amounts paid will lag the amounts due. The payments due to Sir Ernest Ryder KC for work in each of the following months are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>In respect of the Committee on Standards</strong></p><p>December 2021 £1050</p><p>January 2022 £4550</p><p>February 2022 £6300</p><p>March 2022 £700</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>In respect of the Committee of Privileges</strong></p><p>June 2022 £1750</p><p>July 2022 £7000</p><p>August 2022 £3850</p><p>September 2022 £5250</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 01/11/2022 17:49:50 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1521814

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Recall of MPs Act 2015: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Second Report of the Privileges Committee 2022-23, HC 632, Appendix (Correspondence with Mr Speaker), if he will make an estimate of the cost to House of Commons authorities of (a) internal and (b) external legal advice relating to the Recall of MPs Act 2015 in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	62745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>Internal legal advice is provided by the Office of Speaker’s Counsel, staffed by salaried members of the House service, and has been provided as part of their ordinary work. No additional resources have been required in order to advise the House on the Recall of MPs Act 2015. The cost of external legal advice on that Act in the past 12 months has been £2,700 plus VAT.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 01/11/2022 17:47:22 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1521815

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Committee of Privileges: Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Register of Interests of the hon. Member for Rhondda made in August 2022 relating to Category 2(b) legal support in connection with the Committee of Privileges and the Recall of MPs Act 2015, and with reference to the Second Report of the Privileges Committee 2022-23, HC 632, Appendix (Correspondence with Mr Speaker), if he will place in the Library a copy of all correspondence from that hon. Member to Mr Speaker relating to these matters, including the pro bono legal advice provided by Blackstone Chambers and Bindmans LLP.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	62746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The hon. Member for Rhondda sent a letter to Mr Speaker enclosing a copy of a legal Opinion on 19 July 2022. There was no other correspondence concerning this matter. The letter and Opinion will not be placed in the Library in order to protect the confidentiality of Members’ correspondence with the Speaker.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 01/11/2022 17:44:03 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1521816

registered interest
date	13/10/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Temple Garden Chambers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, with reference to the Second Report of the Privileges Committee 2022-23, HC 632, Appendix (Correspondence with Mr Speaker), by what process Temple Garden Chambers was procured to provide legal advice to the Speaker; on what date Counsel was instructed; who provided the instructions; and if he will place a copy of the contract and instructions in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	62747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The value of the procurement fell below the threshold for any formal procurement process. Andrew O’Connor KC was selected by Speaker’s Counsel following consultation with colleagues. He was first approached on 27 May 2022, and was instructed orally in conference with Speaker’s Counsel on 8 June 2022. The contract was entered into on Bar Standards Board standard contractual terms.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 01/11/2022 17:41:59 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies