The Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, or 'SCIPSA', is a body created under the

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to scrutinise the UK's

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.Parliamentary Standards Act (c. 1) Schedule 1
s 22. The committee's purposes are to approve the members of IPSA and to scrutinize and approve its estimate (or budget). The chair and members of IPSA are selected on an Address to the King from the House of Commons, but the names are chosen by the Speaker with the agreement of SCIPSA.Parliamentary Standards Act (c. 1) Schedule 1
s 2.

Composition

The committee comprises eight MPs and three lay members. The MPs are: the

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(who also serves as its chair), the

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, the chair of the

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, and five others appointed by the House of Commons who are not

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. The Shadow Leader of the House has been appointed as one of the opposition members of the committee since its inception, but the act creating it does not specify she will be a member and does not assign a member to be nominated by the

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as is done to provide that result with the

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Membership

The current members, as of January 2022 are: The three lay members, are, as of January 2022 are Cindy Butts, Peter Blausten, and Theresa Middleton.

External links

The Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

References

{{UKParliamentCommittees Committees of the British House of Commons

Composition

Membership

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