Now we know where these bastards are coming from !!!

One scumbag 'nasty party' member, disciplined by the Standards Committee for breaching the rules on standards, is now being supported by a number of scumbag 'nasty party' ministers when a vote is being taken as to whether he should face a 30 day suspension from the House of commons.

The scumbag 'nasty party' have always supported sleaze and nothing has changed !!!



Ministers may support Conservative bid to prevent Tory MP’s lobbying suspension

Sam Blewett
3 November 2021, 8:58 amMinisters might back an attempt by Tory MPs to stop a colleague being suspended from the House of Commons after he was found to have committed an “egregious” breach of lobbying rules.

John Glen, a Treasury minister, did not rule out the Government supporting a move on Wednesday afternoon to save Owen Paterson from immediate suspension and overhaul the system as he raised concerns that there must be “fair and due process” before disciplinary action.

The Commons will vote on whether to approve a six-week ban from Parliament for the North Shropshire MP after an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found he repeatedly lobbied ministers and officials for two companies paying him more than £100,000 per year.

But Conservative MPs outraged by the decision are attempting to block the suspension recommended by the Commons Standards Committee in what would be an unprecedented move in the post-war era.

An amendment to the motion to suspend Mr Paterson put forward by former Commons leader Dame Andrea Leadsom would see the creation of a new committee that would examine whether the case against the Conservative should be reviewed.

Amid reports the Tories will be whipped to back that amendment which is supported by dozens of Conservative MPs, if it is selected by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Mr Glen declined to dismiss suggestions the Government would back the move.

The economic secretary to the Treasury told Sky News: “I’m aware of concerns around the process of the procedure committee and the investigation that led to the recommendation but this will be a matter that my colleagues in Parliament will be looking at today and the amendment will be discussed in due course in Parliament.

“I think most people would agree that when there’s a dispute over someone’s conduct there’s got to be fair and due process before an outcome and a determination of the consequences is made.”

Bernard Jenkin, a senior Tory MP backing the bid, admitted the move “looks terrible” but insisted there is “no alternative”.

“This looks terrible, we’ve had a bad system for years and years and years. I just see this as an opportunity to fix it,” he told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.
“We’re not letting Owen Paterson off, we’re not exonerating him, we’re not condoning him, we’re going to put his case in front of a proper judicial-style panel where there can be a proper hearing and proper cross-examination of witnesses and natural justice.”

Asked if the Government will whip MPs to vote for the amendment, he said: “I have had various discussions with ministers, nothing has been decided.”

A separate amendment proposed by Tory MP Julian Lewis calling for no further action to be taken “on compassionate grounds” has been supported by 13 fellow Conservatives while the Leadsom amendment has been backed by 58 other Tories.

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone recommended Mr Paterson should be banned from the Commons for 30 sitting days.

Ms Stone’s investigation found Mr Paterson repeatedly lobbied on behalf of two companies for which he was acting as a paid consultant – Randox and Lynn’s Country Foods.

Mr Paterson has angrily disputed her findings, claiming the investigation was unfairly conducted, and argued the manner in which the investigation was carried out had “undoubtedly” played a “major role” in the decision of his wife Rose to take her own life last year.
On Tuesday, Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg expressed sympathy for the MP’s claim that the commissioner did not speak to 17 witnesses who came forward to support him, describing that decision as “interesting”.

Under Dame Andrea’s proposals, MPs on a Conservative-majority committee led by former culture secretary John Whittingdale would examine whether the standards system should mirror that of investigations of misconduct in other workplaces, including the right of representation, the examination of witnesses, and the right of appeal.

It would also look into whether Mr Paterson’s case specifically should be reviewed.

But Labour warned against turning “the clock back to the era of Neil Hamilton, cash for questions and no independent standards process”.

Shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire said that “the Tories want to jettison the system that has served us well and which has been a vital part of rebuilding public trust after the dark days of Tory sleaze this Government seems determined to return to”.
Mr Rees-Mogg said there was “precedence” for amending a motion to suspend an MP, saying it was last done in 1947.

But the decision whether to accept any amendment lies with the Commons Speaker.

Sir Lindsay’s spokeswoman did not deny a report in The Times that suggested he believes overturning the suspension would bring the House into disrepute.

Committee on Standards chairman Chris Bryant urged MPs to “read the report in full, with a fair and open mind” and warned against voting it down in what would be an unprecedented move.

“This was a unanimous and cross-party report. No standards committee report in our history has been voted down,” he said.

“Voting or watering down the sanction would do serious reputational damage to Parliament and would open politics up to a new scandal of paid lobbying by MPs.”

 

The scumbag 'nasty party' have now managed to add yet another epithet to their name and have, as a result returned to what they used to be under John Major's premiership - the Scumbag 'Nasty Sleaze Party' !!!


Tories accused of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ as Paterson spared immediate suspension

David Hughes and Sam Blewett, PA
3 November 2021, 6:09 pm

Tory MPs voted against the immediate parliamentary suspension of former Cabinet minister Owen Paterson over an “egregious” breach of lobbying rules and instead supported plans to overhaul the Commons’ disciplinary process.

In an unprecedented move, MPs voted not to back the cross-party Standards Committee’s call for a six-week ban from Parliament for Mr Paterson after it found he repeatedly lobbied ministers and officials for two companies paying him more than £100,000 per year.

MPs backed an amendment calling for a review of his case after Conservatives were ordered to support the bid and Boris Johnson questioned whether the investigation into Mr Paterson was fair.

Mr Paterson said the move would allow him to clear his name after “two years of hell”, but anti-corruption campaigners, unions, political observers and Opposition MPs condemned the decision, with the Tories accused of “wallowing in sleaze”.

Mr Paterson, the MP for North Shropshire, could have faced a possible by-election if the suspension had been approved.

He said: “All I have ever asked is to have the opportunity to make my case through a fair process.

“The decision today in Parliament means that I will now have that opportunity.”

Mr Johnson had placed Tories under a three-line whip to support the amendment tabled by former Commons leader Dame Andrea Leadsom.

There were shouts of “shame” and “what have you done to this place” from Opposition MPs as the House voted by a narrow majority of 18 to approve the amendment.

The division list showed 13 Tories voted against the Leadsom amendment, while no vote was recorded by 98 others.

Some 246 Conservatives were listed among the 250 MPs who backed the motion, as was Rob Roberts, who lost the Tory whip after he was found to have sexually harassed a member of staff.

Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner accused the Tories of being “rotten to the core”.

Tory Ministers and MPs just voted to over-rule an independent cross-party committee which found that a Conservative MP repeatedly breached the rules by pocketing over £100,000 a year to lobby Ministers on behalf of his paymasters.

An absolute disgrace. Rotten to the core.

— Angela Rayner (@AngelaRayner) November 3, 2021

As well as reviewing Mr Paterson’s case, the amendment calls for a Conservative-majority committee led by former culture secretary John Whittingdale to examine the standards system.

The committee was intended to include four other Tory MPs, three Labour MPs and one SNP MP.

But Ms Rayner said Labour will “not be taking any part in this sham process or any corrupt committee”, with the SNP and Lib Dems also saying they would boycott it.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, writing in the Guardian, said “the rot starts at the top” and “we have a Prime Minister whose name is synonymous with sleaze, dodgy deals and hypocrisy”.

Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone had recommended a ban from the Commons of 30 sitting days for Mr Paterson in a report approved by the Standards Committee.

Ms Stone’s investigation found he repeatedly lobbied on behalf of two companies for which he was acting as a paid consultant – Randox and Lynn’s Country Foods.

Mr Paterson claimed the investigation was unfairly conducted and argued the manner in which it was carried out had played a “major role” in his wife Rose’s suicide last year.

The Prime Minister, who voted for the amendment, said paid lobbying in the Commons “is wrong” and those “who are found guilty of that should apologise and pay the necessary penalties”.

“But that is not the issue in this case or this vote that is before us,” he added to MPs.

“The issue in this case, which involved a serious family tragedy, is whether a member of this House had a fair opportunity to make representations in this case and whether, as a matter of natural justice, our procedures in this House allow for proper appeal.”

Ms Rayner accused the Conservatives of “wallowing in sleaze” and claimed they were demonstrating it was “one rule for them and one rule for the rest of us”.

The Father of the House, Tory MP Sir Peter Bottomley, refused to support the move to consider tearing up the standards system during the middle of Mr Paterson’s case.

“We chose the system we are now using,” he said. “If we want to consider changing it, we do it in a proper way instead of considering it in the way we are now.”

Daniel Bruce, chief executive of anti-corruption campaigners Transparency International UK, said: “With this vote MPs have sent a clear signal that they believe there should be one set of rules for them, and another set for everyone else.

“This is hugely damaging for trust in our democracy and the rule of law.”

Dave Penman, the general secretary of the FDA representing senior civil servants, said there had been a “vicious and orchestrated campaign of personal attacks against the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards”.

Tim Durrant, associate director of the Institute for Government think tank, told the PA news agency the Government’s decision to impose a three-line whip to back the Leadsom amendment was “reducing the independence of these kinds of standards processes rather than increasing them”.

While the standards regime should “change with the times”, doing it in the middle of a disciplinary process against a Tory MP “is not a great look for the Government”.

Standards Committee chairman Chris Bryant, a Labour MP, had warned that if the Leadsom amendment won then “the public would think that we would be the Parliament that licensed cash for questions”.

There had never been a successful amendment to reduce the suspension of an MP since the Second World War while the House had never voted down a disciplinary sanction since the creation of the modern standards system.

Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said: “Sometimes to do the right thing one has to accept a degree of opprobrium.”

 

Yes the bastard themselves wonders where they came from

 

Oh, we know where they come from - can only be the bastards in the scumbag 'nasty sleazy party' !!!

 

Well, well, well, that didn't take long did it ??? Less than 24 hours after the scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' voted to let Owen Paterson off the hook, notwithstanding his suspension for corrupt practices, the scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' seem to have volte faced because of the flack and opprobrium they have received after their vote yesterday afternoon.


PM U-turns on controversial review of Owen Paterson’s lobbying suspension

Sam Blewett and Geraldine Scott
4 November 2021, 10:57 am
Boris Johnson has performed an extraordinary U-turn on controversial plans to overhaul the disciplinary process for MPs and review a senior Tory’s alleged breach of lobbying rules after widespread outrage.

Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said he would now seek “cross-party” changes to the system after Labour and other opposition parties refused to take part in a “corrupt” Tory-led committee tasked with the review.

And he suggested any changes may not “apply retrospectively” after the Government came under intense criticism for blocking Owen Paterson’s immediate suspension after he was found to have repeatedly lobbied ministers and officials for two companies paying him more than £100,000 per year.

Government sources indicated Mr Paterson, who represents North Shropshire, will face a fresh vote on his recommended suspension from the Commons for 30 sitting days but were unable to say when it would take place.

Tory MP Angela Richardson, who was sacked as a parliamentary private secretary to Cabinet minister Michael Gove after she abstained in Wednesday’s vote, said she was “pleased to be reappointed” after the U-turn.

Pleased to be reappointed to my role as PPS to Michael Gove. Busy department and work to get on with. #LevellingUp

— Angela Richardson MP (@AJRichardsonMP) November 4, 2021

Mr Rees-Mogg’s announcement to MPs came as an ethics adviser to the Prime Minister described Wednesday’s votes as a “very serious and damaging moment for Parliament”.

Lord Evans, the chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, said plans for a Tory-led review into the disciplinary process for MPs as being “deeply at odds with the best traditions of British democracy”.

The Commons Leader recognised a “certain amount of controversy” had been created by the move and that standards must be reformed on a cross-party basis, which he acknowledged “that is clearly not the case” with the Government’s proposals.

“While there is a very strong feeling on both sides of the House that there is a need for an appeals process, there is equally a strong feeling that this should not be based on a single case or apply retrospectively,” Mr Rees-Mogg said.

“I fear last night’s debate conflated an individual case with the general concern. This link needs to be broken.

“Therefore I and others will be looking to work on a cross-party basis to achieve improvements in our system for future cases. We will bring forward more detailed proposals once there have been cross-party discussions.”

Mr Rees-Mogg did not make clear what will happen to the Paterson case, after the Government avoided a vote on his six-week suspension on Wednesday.

He did not directly answer a request from Chris Bryant, the chair of the Standards Committee that approved the report on for Mr Paterson, for Commons time next week to deal with the case.

The Government ordered Conservative MPs to back the controversial plans on Wednesday, but they were quickly thrown into disarray when Labour, the SNP and the Lib Dems vowed to boycott what deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner called the “corrupt committee”.

Mark Harper, who was one of 13 Tories to rebel to vote against the plans, said the affair was “one of the most unedifying episodes” he has seen during his 16 years in Parliament.

“My colleagues should not have been instructed, from the very top, to vote for this,” the former chief whip said. “This must not happen again.”

Shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire urged MPs to uphold the sanctions against Mr Paterson.

“Last night, they voted to allow corruption to take place unimpeded at the heart of British politics,” the Labour MP said.

“Any other result will allow Boris Johnson to create one rule for Tory MPs, another for everyone else.”
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has approved an application for a three-hour emergency debate on the standards system for MPs to take place on Monday.

Shortly before Mr Rees-Mogg’s climbdown, Lord Evans issued extraordinary criticism of the plans.

The former MI5 chief told an Institute for Government event: “It cannot be right to propose an overhaul of the entire regulatory system in order to postpone or prevent sanctions in a very serious case of paid lobbying by an MP.

“And it cannot be right to propose that the standards system in the House of Commons should be reviewed by a select committee chaired by a member of the ruling party and with a majority of members from that same party.

“This extraordinary proposal is deeply at odds with the best traditions of British democracy.

“The political system in this country does not belong to one party or even to one Government, it is a common good that we have all inherited from our forebears and that we all have a responsibility to preserve and to improve.”

The successful amendment was raised in Dame Andrea Leadsom’s name (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA)
Lord Evans went on to suggest Mr Johnson and others may have fallen foul of the Nolan principles on public life, which are contained within the ministerial code.

“The seven principles of public life that all governments have espoused for over 25 years require that ministers and MPs should show leadership in upholding ethical standards in public life,” he said.

“I find it hard to see how yesterday’s actions in any way meet that test.”

Meanwhile, ministers were accused of trying to “bully” the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone, who carried out the investigation into Mr Paterson, into resignation after the Business Secretary suggested she should consider her position.

Just hours before the U-turn, Kwasi Kwarteng told Sky News: “I think it’s difficult to see what the future of the commissioner is, given the fact that we’re reviewing the process, and we’re overturning and trying to reform this whole process, but it’s up to the commissioner to decide her position.”

Pushed on what he meant by “decide her position”, Mr Kwarteng said: “It’s up to her to do that. I mean, it’s up to anyone where they’ve made a judgment and people have sought to change that, to consider their position, that’s a natural thing, but I’m not saying she should resign.”

Shadow Commons leader Thangam Debbonaire called for the Prime Minister to “immediately distance himself from these latest attempts to poison British politics”.

“Having already ripped up the rules policing MPs’ behaviour to protect one of their own, it is appalling that this corrupt Government is now trying to bully the standards commissioner out of her job,” the Labour MP added.

Mr Kwarteng said that the Government’s decision to order its MPs to change the rules to spare a colleague did not look “sleazy” as he rejected the mounting criticism.

Liberal Democrat chief whip Wendy Chamberlain accused the Tories of “governing like the mafia” by “targeting those who uphold the rules rather than those who break them”.

“These shameful attempts to drag the standards commissioner through the mud have to be called out for what they truly are – an attack on our democracy,” she added.

It was not just opposition MPs who were outraged by the move, with dozens of Tories abstaining and 13 rebelling against orders to vote for a new committee led by former minister John Whittingdale, which would re-examine Mr Paterson’s case and whether a new standards system is needed.

 

We're watching these lying, conniving, thieving bastards like hawks !!!






Last night, Conservative MPs voted to rip up the rules to protect one of their own.

Conservative MP Owen Paterson had been found guilty of breaching paid advocacy rules for accepting £100,000 a year from a private firm to lobby the Government on their behalf. The independent Parliamentary Standards Commissioner said his breaches “were so serious and so numerous” that they risked trust in public office. They recommended he be suspended from Parliament for six weeks.

Instead of accepting the result, the Government tried to change the rules to get him off the hook. They only backed down because of the huge public outcry.

This whole sorry affair has shown what this Government is willing to do if they think they can get away with it. If we’re going to stop the backsliding of democracy we need to be primed and ready to push back against this Government each and every time they attempt to undermine it.

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GOT THE BASTARD !!! Owen Paterson has been forced to resign as an MP


One down 300 + scumbag 'nasty sleaze party' MPs to go !!!



Owen Paterson resigns as MP instead of facing fresh vote on suspension

Sam Blewett, David Hughes and Geraldine Scott, PA Political Staff
4 November 2021, 2:47 pm


Owen Paterson has resigned as an MP after Boris Johnson U-turned to allow a fresh vote on the former minister’s suspension for an alleged breach of lobbying rules.

The senior Tory announced his resignation on Thursday after the Prime Minister was forced into a retreat after preventing his immediate suspension by launching a review of the entire disciplinary system.

Mr Johnson had supported an attempt by Mr Paterson’s allies to review the sanction until opposition parties refused to take part in a “corrupt” Tory-led committee tasked with the review.

The Government whips were working to reschedule a vote on a six-week suspension for Mr Paterson after he was found to have repeatedly lobbied ministers and officials for two companies paying him more than £100,000 per year.

But rather than face what looked like a likely defeat, Mr Paterson said he had made the “painful decision” to resign as the MP for North Shropshire, triggering a by-election after a high-profile sleaze row.

“The last two years have been an indescribable nightmare for my family and me,” the 65-year-old said in a statement.

“My integrity, which I hold very dear, has been repeatedly and publicly questioned.

“I maintain that I am totally innocent of what I have been accused of and I acted at all times in the interests of public health and safety.

“I, my family and those closest to me know the same. I am unable to clear my name under the current system.”

The seat is by no means a marginal, with Mr Paterson having beaten Labour there in 2019 by nearly 23,000 votes but the by-election will undoubtedly feature allegations of sleaze.

Conservative MPs expressed anger over the affair after Mr Johnson ordered them to back the controversial move just a day before his U-turn.

The climbdown came shortly after Lord Evans, the chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, condemned the plans as being “deeply at odds with the best traditions of British democracy”.

Moments later, Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg announced ministers would seek “cross-party” changes to the system after acknowledging a “certain amount of controversy”.

He also said the “link needs to be broken” between reforms and the case of Mr Paterson.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said ministers were “seeking to bring forward a vote in the House as soon as possible”.

A by-election could have been triggered if MPs approved the suspension and recall proceedings were launched, but Mr Paterson beat them to the punch by resigning.
Sir Keir Starmer called on the Prime Minister to apologise to the nation for “grubby attempt to cover up for the misdemeanour of his friend”.

The Labour leader said: “This has been an unbelievable 24 hours even by this Government’s chaotic standards.

“Only yesterday Boris Johnson was forcing his MPs to rip up the rules on standards in public life is a truly damning indictment of this Prime Minister and the corrupt Government he leads.

“Boris Johnson must now apologise to the entire country for this grubby attempt to cover up for the misdemeanour of his friend.

“This isn’t the first time he’s done this but it must be the last.

“And Boris Johnson must explain how he intends to fix the immense harm he has done to confidence in the probity of him and his MPs.”

Conservatives had been ordered to vote for the controversial plans on Wednesday, leading to Angela Richardson being sacked as a parliamentary private secretary to Cabinet minister Michael Gove when she chose to abstain.

On Thursday she said she was “pleased to be reappointed” after the U-turn.

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman insisted Mr Johnson changed his approach when it became clear cross-party consensus “wasn’t going to be possible”.

But questions remained over the pace of his retreat because Labour, the SNP and the Lib Dems had all vowed to boycott what deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner called the “corrupt committee” on Wednesday.

Mark Harper, who was one of 13 Tories to rebel to vote against the plans, said the affair was “one of the most unedifying episodes” he has seen during his 16 years in Parliament.

“My colleagues should not have been instructed, from the very top, to vote for this,” the former chief whip said.

“This must not happen again.”

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng was sent out to defend the changes for the Government on Thursday morning.

Labour accused him of trying to “bully” the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone, who carried out the investigation into Mr Paterson, into resignation after suggesting she should consider her position.

Mr Kwarteng told Sky News: “I think it’s difficult to see what the future of the commissioner is, given the fact that we’re reviewing the process, and we’re overturning and trying to reform this whole process, but it’s up to the commissioner to decide her position.”

Liberal Democrat chief whip Wendy Chamberlain accused the Tories of “governing like the mafia” by “targeting those who uphold the rules rather than those who break them”.

It was not just opposition MPs who were outraged by the move, with dozens of Tories abstaining and 13 rebelling against orders to vote for a new committee led by former minister John Whittingdale, which would re-examine Mr Paterson’s case and whether a new standards system is needed.

Lord Evans, a former MI5 chief, told an Institute for Government event: “It cannot be right to propose an overhaul of the entire regulatory system in order to postpone or prevent sanctions in a very serious case of paid lobbying by an MP.

“And it cannot be right to propose that the standards system in the House of Commons should be reviewed by a select committee chaired by a member of the ruling party and with a majority of members from that same party.

“This extraordinary proposal is deeply at odds with the best traditions of British democracy.”

 

Before he threw in the towel and quit parliament as an MP, I wrote to my MP - Dr Caroline Lucas MP with various comments and complaints about Owen Paterson, This is Dr Caroline Lucas' reply:



Thank you for writing to me about the recent events involving Owen Paterson and standards in public life.


Many constituents have written to me about this and I hope you won’t mind this general response – even if it does not directly address your specific comments, please be assured I have read, noted and share your concerns.


As you may have seen, Owen Paterson has now resigned as a Member of Parliament, though I am horrified by reports that he may be given a seat in the House of Lords. Like you, I think his behaviour and that of the Government are a disgrace and bring Parliament into disrepute. This case is far from isolated, and is the latest in an ongoing series of attacks by the Government on Parliamentary standards. I have spoken out about his actions, the disgraceful efforts to undermine the independent Standards Commissioner, Kathryn Stone, and what can only be described as a deliberate campaign of misinformation and lies by a Prime Minister concerned with saving his own skin. I have made my views known on social media, see here for example, and when I appeared on BBC Question Time last week. I also recently backed a cross-party bid to secure a debate on the Ministerial Code.


Like you, I agree with the recommendations of various independent bodies about MPs' behaviour, and have been a long time campaigner for better standards and transparency in our political system.


For example:

• I led a cross party group of MPs that wrote to the Speaker of the House of Commons earlier this year about lying by the Prime Minister – you can see a copy of our letter here. This was covered extensively by the media, for example.
• I met with the Speaker and other cross party MPs and am working to identify ways in which the parliamentary rules need to be changed to better hold the Prime Minister to account.
• I have made my concerns known in the media too, including on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme.
• I have taken the Government to court over procurement standards during the pandemic and challenged the Prime Minister directly over transparency in relation to the publication of contracts for PPE and other equipment. I then followed up with other Ministers too about the accuracy of the PM’s response. See here and here.
• I have written to the current PM on 3 occasions now about his breaching the Ministerial Code, in relation to Brexit, his handling of the Dominic Cummings affair and the PPE matters mentioned above.

Trust, honesty and accountability all matter enormously and their erosion has a serious impact on our democracy. Please be assured that I’ll continue to stand up on your behalf to challenge lies, sleaze and cronyism – as well as to work constructively to improve the way Parliament works and promote the highest standards in public life.


Thank you again for taking the time to get in touch and do let me know if you would like any further information about my position. I am grateful to get your message as it adds power to my elbow in raising my very serious concerns about this issue.


Best wishes,

Caroline


Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA