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HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you, Mr Dowd. Pursuant to the issues already outlined by the hon. Member for Wells and Mendip Hills, amendment 22 is about affording enhanced protections. The main point I…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for that. Given she has said that we will see an amendment on Report, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 24, in clause 9, page 8, line 12, leave out “may” insert “must”. I am aware that we have debated amendment 48, although perhaps not as fully as I would…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd. We have had an excellent debate on command responsibility, and I am heartened to see a very positive outcome from that…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPublic Office (Accountability) Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the Minister for that response, but I am at a loss to know how the responsibility suggested by the amendment would cut across any existing code of ethical conduct. If the…02 Dec 2025 Bills sponsored (1)