With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a personal statement.

I am grateful to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards for his fair and accurate report and to the Committee on Standards and Privileges for its equally fair conclusions. My failure to declare to the Registrar of Members' Interests, within the time required, all the donations to my campaign for the deputy leadership of the Labour party was wrong. I note that the Committee fully accepts that I acted with "commendable speed to rectify" this once I had discovered the problem—indeed, a month before any complaint was made against me—and that there was "no intention to deceive". I have always accepted full responsibility for this honest mistake and I apologise unreservedly to the House.