Consultation outcome

Parliamentary Privilege

• From: Cabinet Office and Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
• Published: 26 April 2012

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: Dr Adam Tucker

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: Clerk, Legislative Council Western Australia

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: Clerk of NZ Parliament

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: Geoffrey Lock

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: Sir William McKay

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: Crown Prosecution Service

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: Press Association

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: The Media Lawyers Association

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: John Hemming MP

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Parliamentary privilege consultation response: University of Lincoln

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Detail of outcome

Individual responses sent in response to the government’s Green Paper consultation on parliamentary privilege.

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Original consultation

Summary

Green Paper inviting public views on the constitutional privileges of Parliament to ensure they provide effective, up-to-date protection.

This consultation ran from
26 April 2012 to 11:45pm on 30 September 2012

Consultation description

The government received 11 responses to the Green Paper consultation on parliamentary privilege. The responses were received from:

• University of Lincoln, Dr Andrew Defty, Professor Hugh Bochel and Jane Kirkpatrick, School of Social Sciences
• Dr Adam Tucker, lecturer in law, University of Manchester
• Legislative Council Western Australia, Malcolm Peacock, clerk Parliament of Western Australia
• National Assembly of Zambia
• New Zealand House of Representatives, clerk
• Geoffrey Lock, ex House of Commons staff
• Sir William McKay, Clerk of the Commons 1998-2002
• Crown Prosecution Service
• The Press Association
• The Media Lawyers Association
• John Hemming MP

With the agreement of their authors, 10 responses to the consultation are published on this page. They will be considered by a joint select committee as part of their deliberations on the Green Paper. The Select Committee is due to report on 25th April.

Documents

Parliamentary privilege

Ref: ISBN 9780101831826, Cm. 8318

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Published 26 April 2012