Working Group

EDM number 929 in 2017-19, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 08/02/2018.
Categorised under the topics of Equality and Parliament.

That this House endorses the recommendations of the Working Group on an lndependent Complaints and Grievance Policy; and asks the House of Commons Commission to authorise House officials, reporting regularly to a steering group of hon. Members and others, to undertake the work necessary to establish a behaviour code for Parliament that covers bullying and harassment, and sexual harassment, and applies to all persons working for or with Parliament, or who are lawfully on the parliamentary estate, an independent complaints and grievance scheme to underpin the code, together with associated policies, appropriate sanctions and the contractual arrangements necessary for delivering the scheme, particular procedures to deal with reports of sexual harassment, including the provision of a specialist independent sexual violence advocate, a system of training to support the code, a human resources support service for staff employed by hon. Members or jointly by political parties, delivered by a third-party provider, and a handbook for these staff, and to identify any amendments that may be necessary to Standing Orders and the Code of Conduct, for the approval of the House.

This motion has been signed by a total of 9 MPs.