Recommendation 23

The landscape of standards regulation is a patchwork, with individual watchdogs with different powers, legal basis, and appointments processes.168 Placing on a statutory basis those that are not already is an opportunity to regularise them to some extent. However, whilst all have responsibility for overseeing standards, 168 See CSPL Upholding Standards in Public Life November 2021, p.43–44 for a table that illustrates this patchwork nature of standards regulation in the UK. 42 Propriety of Governance in Light of Greensill each has a distinct role and involves very different relationships.