Select Committee · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK

Status: Open Opened: 3 Jun 2025

The Government has a manifesto commitment to “restore confidence in government and ensure ministers are held to the highest standards". Trust in government and the political system more widely is essential to the proper functioning and prosperity of a democratic state. Concerns with ethical standards are not new, however controversy surrounding the propriety of conduct …

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
21 Apr 2026 Ellen Atkinson · Cabinet Office, Simon Madden · NHSX, The Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent View ↗
14 Apr 2026 Doug Chalmers CB DSO OBE View ↗
24 Feb 2026 Daniel Greenberg CB, Ed Humpherson CB, John Pullinger CB · Electoral Commission, Paula Sussex CBE View ↗
3 Feb 2026 Councillor Iain Hamilton · National Association of Local Councils, Councillor Matt Boughton · Local Government Association, Kim Wright · Solace View ↗
12 Nov 2025 Rt Hon Sir Peter Riddell CBE · Cabinet Office, The Lord Evans of Weardale KCB DL View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
3 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on Propriety and ethics, dated…