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<p>The resolution of the House of 17 July 2019 endorsed the report of the House of
Commons Commission entitled <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-commission/HC%202554%20-%20Extending%20the%20Independent%20Complaints%20and%20Grievance%20Scheme.pdf"
target="_blank"><em>Extending the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme</em></a>
and approved steps to make the changes necessary to extend the scheme. Paragraph 6
of that report stated that subject to approval by the House, implementation work would
take place over the summer, including the recruitment of additional expert independent
investigators, with the intention of opening up the Scheme to non-recent cases from
autumn this year.</p><p>Complainants with non-recent cases and former members of the
parliamentary community, not previously covered by the scheme, will have access to
the scheme from Monday 21 October 2019.</p>
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