Charles Walker: The delay in providing responses to Questions 6697, 33681, 42245 and 45520 was due to an administrative error in the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.
Charles Walker: IPSA incurred costs of 508k on rent, rates, and service charges in the 2020-21 financial year. In 2021-22, this figure was 367k. IPSA currently has 97 contracted employees, of which 68% (66) are on office-based contracts and (32%) 31 are on home-based contracts. The difficult times brought about by the pandemic brought forward IPSA’s plans to create a more representative national...
Lord Russell of Liverpool: ..., perhaps I may ask two brief questions. First, and this is directed not just to the Minister but to members of his party, if they have not done so, will they consider looking at the video of Sir Charles Walker, which is on BBC News at the moment, talking about the current state of his party and some of the people who have risen well above their pay grade? Perhaps they might look at it and...
...Timpson Kelly Tolhurst Justin Tomlinson Michael Tomlinson Craig Tracey Anne-Marie Trevelyan Laura Trott Elizabeth Truss Thomas Tugendhat Shailesh Vara Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Theresa Villiers Charles Walker Robin Walker Jamie Wallis Matt Warman Giles Watling Suzanne Webb Helen Whately Heather Wheeler Craig Whittaker Bill Wiggin James Wild Craig Williams Gavin Williamson Jeremy Wright...
Penny Mordaunt: ...that we all have confidence in the standards system and the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has a key role to play in that. The comments by my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Sir Charles Walker) and the information contained in the Commission report have certainly reassured me that Daniel Greenberg possesses the necessary skills and experience to carry out the role...
Chris Bryant: ...Ryder and Sir Stephen Irwin. I feel a bit surrounded by knights of the realm sometimes, but it is good to have a new knight of the realm on the Committee— the hon. Member for Broxbourne (Sir Charles Walker), who joined us today. I am grateful to the hon. Member for North East Fife (Wendy Chamberlain); her measure is perfectly sensible. The trouble with conventions and gentlemen’s...
...Maggie Throup Edward Timpson Kelly Tolhurst Justin Tomlinson Michael Tomlinson Craig Tracey Anne-Marie Trevelyan Laura Trott Thomas Tugendhat Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Theresa Villiers Robin Walker Jamie Wallis Matt Warman Giles Watling Suzanne Webb Helen Whately Heather Wheeler Craig Whittaker James Wild Craig Williams Gavin Williamson Mike Wood Jeremy Wright Amanda Solloway (teller)...
...Commissioner for Standards, Independent Expert Panel) not later than 90 minutes after the commencement of proceedings on the motion for this Order, and (2) the Motion in the name of Sir Charles Walker relating to Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards (Appointment) not later than 30 minutes after the commencement of proceedings on that Motion, or two hours after the commencement of the...
...Graham Stringer Zarah Sultana Mark Tami Sam Tarry Alison Thewliss Gareth Thomas Nick Thomas-Symonds Owen Thompson Stephen Timms Jon Trickett Derek Twigg Liz Twist Valerie Vaz Christian Wakeford Charles Walker Catherine West Matt Western Alan Whitehead Philippa Whitford Mick Whitley Nadia Whittome Hywel Williams Munira Wilson Beth Winter Pete Wishart William Wragg Mohammad Yasin Daniel...
Charles Walker: Will the Minister give way?
Charles Walker: The House of Commons employs a team of part-time Heritage and Book Cleaners (Pay Band E2) in our Office Service Delivery team. Full-time salaries (based upon 36 hours net per week, excluding breaks) and hourly pay rates since April 2018 are shown in the table below: Cleaners (Band E2) Date Salary (Full-Time) Hourly Rate Apr 18 19,766 10.56 Sep 18 20,161 10.77 ...
Karen Bradley: ...in May 2019 that that the pilot scheme for proxy voting during baby leave was introduced following a report from our predecessor Committee, chaired by my hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne (Sir Charles Walker). The current Committee, which I now chair, reviewed the pilot scheme and produced a report in September 2020, making the baby leave scheme permanent. During that process, we were...
...Tami Derek Thomas Gareth Thomas Nick Thomas-Symonds Edward Timpson Kelly Tolhurst Justin Tomlinson Jon Trickett Laura Trott Liz Twist Valerie Vaz Martin Vickers Theresa Villiers Christian Wakeford Charles Walker Robin Walker Jamie Wallis Matt Warman Giles Watling Suzanne Webb Claudia Webbe Catherine West Matt Western Helen Whately Alan Whitehead Mick Whitley Craig Whittaker Nadia Whittome...
That Laura Farris be discharged from the Committee on Standards and Sir Charles Walker be added.
That Laura Farris be discharged from the Committee of Privileges and Sir Charles Walker be added.—(Craig Whittaker.)
...Robert Syms Derek Thomas Maggie Throup Edward Timpson Kelly Tolhurst Justin Tomlinson Michael Tomlinson Laura Trott Elizabeth Truss Thomas Tugendhat Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Theresa Villiers Charles Walker Robin Walker Matt Warman Giles Watling Suzanne Webb Craig Whittaker Bill Wiggin James Wild Craig Williams Gavin Williamson William Wragg Jacob Young Stuart Anderson (teller) Nigel...
Charles Walker: Order. The hon. Gentleman cannot talk about sentencing in this case.
Charles Walker: It has been a privilege to chair such a well-informed debate. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered blasphemy laws and allegations in Commonwealth Countries. Sitting suspended.
Charles Walker: (a) Where possible Parliament follows Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) guidelines for temperature standards in offices to ensure a comfortable working environment. When rooms have temperature controls for the user, there is a small threshold of which temperature can be raised or lowered to ensure rooms are not over cooled/heated. There are many differing levels of...
Charles Walker: The House of Commons Commission has high level oversight of financial management and procurement but delegates the procurement and management of individual contracts to the relevant House officials. The contract for Members Security Services was awarded in September 2021 following a robust procurement process managed in strict accordance with Public Contracts Regulations 2015. MPs’...