{"longTitle":"A Bill to set up a Citizens' Convention for the purposes of establishing minimum standards of ethics for Members of Parliament and for promoting the involvement of citizens in political decision making; and for connected purposes.","summary":"<p>The Bill would require the Electoral Commission to establish a Citizens' Convention of no fewer than 100 randomly selected people, subject to a requirement that the membership of the Convention should reflect the composition of the electorate in the United Kingdom. The Convention would make recommendations on:</p><ul><li>the system of allowances and expenses payable to Members of Parliament</li><li>the system or systems of election to each House of Parliament</li><li>the means by which electors may hold to account Members, including any mechanism for the recall or disqualification of Members</li><li>the way business is conducted in both Houses of Parliament</li><li>the funding of political parties.</li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":566,"name":"Mr Martin Caton","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/566/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/566/contact","memberFrom":"Gower"},"organisation":null,"sortOrder":1}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":488,"shortTitle":"Citizens' Convention (Accountability and Ethics) Bill","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Commons","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2009-10-23T16:11:58","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":8,"introducedSessionId":22,"includedSessionIds":[22],"isAct":false,"currentStage":{"id":13356,"stageId":7,"sessionId":22,"description":"2nd reading","abbreviation":"2R","house":"Commons","stageSittings":[],"sortOrder":2}}