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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:35 am on 9 December 2010.

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Photo of George Young George Young The Leader of the House of Commons 11:35, 9 December 2010

The commissioner has been given the powers to start an investigation without a formal complaint. That is because in certain cases, complaints appeared in newspapers and were widely reproduced, but nobody made a formal complaint, so there was no investigation. The Standards and Privileges Committee introduced its proposal to address that particular problem, and it was unanimously approved by the House last week.