Recommendation 7

We do not think that a system based solely around voluntary compliance with general principles is sufficient to maintain public confidence in the integrity of the system regulating the ‘revolving door’ and have recommended that the Business Appointment Rules are legally enforced and that their content is strengthened. Nonetheless, the need for those subject to the Rules to consider narrow compliance with them when considering future employment Propriety of Governance in Light of Greensill 39 opportunities, alongside exercising judgement about what is appropriate, is evident. Neither is such judgement limited to the two-year window in which the Business Appointment Rules apply.