Kathryn Stone
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| Born | 8 August 1963 |
| Alma mater | University of East London, Loughborough University |
Kathryn Elizabeth Stone OBE is the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards of the British House of Commons.[1]
In January 2018, Kathryn Stone was appointed as the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards from a list of 81 candidates for a five year term. Her high profile cases included finding against the prime minister Boris Johnson over a free holiday he took on the island of Mustique courtesy of a Tory donor. She took over responsibility for the inquiry into Keith Vaz's behaviour when she complained that he had "failed, repeatedly, to answer direct questions, given incomplete answers and his account [had], in parts, been incredible".
In 2021, Kathryn Stone found that the MP Owen Paterson had breached the MP's Code of Conduct, a finding which resulted in the Parliamentary Standards Committee recommending a suspension from the House of Commons for a period of 30 sitting days.[2] Despite the fact that the prime minister encouraged a three-line whip on an amendment to change the standards system, the public backlash caused a reversal of policy and the next day Paterson resigned.[3]
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