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id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_HeadingOne_ctlHeadingH1_h1Item"> Code of Conduct for MPs </h1> <div class="a-to-z-listing"> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=A"><span>A</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=B"><span>B</span></a></li> <li><span><strong>C</strong></span></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=D"><span>D</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=E"><span>E</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=F"><span>F</span></a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=O"><span>O</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=P"><span>P</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=Q"><span>Q</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=R"><span>R</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=S"><span>S</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=T"><span>T</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=U"><span>U</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=V"><span>V</span></a></li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=W"><span>W</span></a></li> <li>X</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120302210133/http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/?letter=Y"><span>Y</span></a></li> <li>Z</li> </ul> <a id="ctl00_ctl00_SiteSpecificPlaceholder_PageContent_ctlGlossaryItem_hypItemLink"></a> <div> <p>The Code of Conduct provides guidance to MPs on the standards of conduct expected during the course of their parliamentary duties The Code requires MPs to declare all relevant interests that might be thought to influence their actions. 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