Report

1.1                   Mr Matthew Joyce has made an application, under the procedure adopted by the House on 27 August 1997, for the publication of a response to references made about him in the House by Hon Stuart Robert MP on 11 October 2012.

1.2                   The Committee considers Mr Joyce should be given a response and the terms of the response have been agreed by him and the Committee. A copy of the response is at Appendix 1.

1.3                   In agreeing to the response, the Committee notes, as required by the resolution of the House for Rights of Reply, that it has not considered or judged the truth of any statements made by Members in the House or by the person seeking a response.

1.4                   The Committee recommends that a response by Mr Joyce (at Appendix 1) to references made about him in the House on 11 October 2012 be incorporated in Hansard.