Suspension and Variation to Standing Orders

That the Parliament agrees that, for the purposes of meetings of the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee during December 2022, Rule 12.2ZA be suspended and replaced with—1. Where a member who—(a) has made a complaint about any of the matters set out in rule 6.4.1(b),(b) is the subject of such a complaint, or(c) has given evidence in the course of the Ethical Standards Commissioner’s investigations into such a complaint,is a member of (or a committee substitute for) the committee considering this complaint, or any related question of sanctions or withdrawal of a member’s rights and privileges, that member shall not participate in that capacity in any such consideration by that committee.