Recommendation 24

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 an opportunity to regularise aspects of their operation, including the means of appointment for their heads and the status and application of the Codes and Guidance that they oversee, but it should recognise that one size does not fit all and the differences in their functions should be maintained.