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<p>The Commission does not control or regulate All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs).</p><p>The
rules for APPGs are approved by the House. The <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/globalassets/documents/pcfs/all-party-groups/rules/guide-to-the-rules-sep-2023.pdf"
target="_blank">Guide to the APPG Rules</a> by the Committee on Standards makes clear
that each group’s Chair and Registered Contact is responsible for ensuring that if
any person or organisation provides a secretariat or support service, that person
or organisation is aware of and complies with the rules of the House. Members of the
House are subject to the provision in the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament
that “Members must only use information which they have received in confidence in
the course of their parliamentary activities in connection with those activities,
and never for other purposes”.</p><p>The Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
may investigate allegations of a breach of the Code of Conduct and the associated
APPG Rules, and he may report to the Committee on Standards any findings from such
an investigation.</p>
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