Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary Service and other parliamentary bodies - Parliamentary Service - Employment in Parliamentary Service

132: Appointing and removing parliamentary party employees

You could also call this:

"Parliamentary parties choose and remove their own staff"

When a parliamentary party wants to appoint or remove an employee, you need to think about what the party wants. The person in charge must consider the party's wishes when hiring or firing someone. The party can tell someone to speak on their behalf to say what they want. You should know that the party's wishes are important when making decisions about employees. The chief executive must think about what the party wants when making these decisions. This helps the party have a say in who works for them. The party can choose someone to speak for them and say what they want. This person can tell the chief executive what the party's wishes are. The chief executive must then consider what the party wants when making decisions.

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131: Chief executive is employer and appoints and may remove employees, or

"The boss of the Parliamentary Service chooses and manages the employees."

133: Immunity for chief executive and employees, or

"Protection for Parliamentary Service staff doing their job honestly"

Part 6Parliamentary Service and other parliamentary bodies
Parliamentary Service: Employment in Parliamentary Service

132Appointing and removing parliamentary party employees

The chief executive must have regard to the wishes of the relevant party when—
appointing a parliamentary party employee to the Parliamentary Service; and
removing a parliamentary party employee from their office or employment.

The wishes of the relevant party may be expressed on the party’s behalf by a person acting under the party’s authority.