Select Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Propriety of governance in light of Greensill

Status: Closed Opened: 11 May 2022 Closed: 9 Oct 2023 13 recommendations 29 conclusions 2 reports

The collapse of Greensill Capital and the subsequent revelations about its relationship with government and Whitehall have raised significant concerns about the propriety of governance in this country. In April 2021, PACAC launched an inquiry into the effectiveness of rules to prevent conflicts of interest and regulation of access by current and former politicians and …

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Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fourth Report - Propriety of Governance in Light of Greens… HC 888 2 Dec 2022 25 Responded
Third Report - Propriety of Governance in Light of Greensil… HC 59 22 Jul 2021 17

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
24 Recommendation Fourth Report - Propriety of Governance… Accepted in Part

The various ethics regulators should continue to be separate and should not be consolidated into...

The various ethics regulators should continue to be separate and should not be consolidated into a single ethics regulator. Nonetheless, coordination is to be encouraged. Current informal coordination could be firmed up by establishing a committee comprising the heads of the various bodies. Placing them on a statutory basis provides …

Government response. The Government is committed to improving transparency around direct ministerial appointments, and will be requiring departments to publish annually a list of DMAs under their remit and will further require that the terms of reference for DMAs are published online.

Oral evidence sessions

9 sessions
Date Witnesses
12 Jul 2022 The Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH View ↗
28 Jun 2022 Darren Tierney · Department for International Trade, Simon Case CVO · Cabinet Office View ↗
9 Jun 2022 Rt Hon Lord Pickles · Advisory Committee on Business Appointments View ↗
17 May 2022 Rt Hon Sir Peter Riddell CBE · Cabinet Office View ↗
15 Mar 2022 Sir Alex Allan · House of Commons, Sir Philip Mawer · House of Commons View ↗
11 Jan 2022 The Lord Evans of Weardale KCB DL · Committee on Standards in Public Life View ↗
2 Nov 2021 Nigel Boardman View ↗
13 Jul 2021 Propriety of governance in light of Greensill View ↗
8 Jun 2021 Bill Crothers · Cabinet Office, Ian Watmore · Cabinet Office, Sir John Manzoni KCB · Cabinet Office, The Rt Hon Lord Maude of Horsham · Member of the House of Lords View ↗

Correspondence

7 letters
DateDirectionTitle
25 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of th…
25 Jul 2023 From cttee Letter to Rt Hon Oliver Dowden CBE MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Chancellor of …
23 Jun 2021 To cttee Letter from Suzanne Heywood on Propriety of governance in light of Greensill, d…
23 Jun 2021 To cttee Letter from John Manzoni on Propriety of governance in light of Greensill, date…
25 May 2021 Correspondence with Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary on propriety and ethics in Go…
26 Apr 2021 To cttee Letter from Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary on management of outside interests by…
26 Apr 2021 To cttee Letter from Chair to Simon Case, Cabinet Secretary on Audit of Civil Service du…