Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 24
24
Accepted in Part
Paragraph: 104
The various ethics regulators should continue to be separate and should not be consolidated into...
Recommendation
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.
Government Response Summary
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.
Paragraph Reference:
104
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government
Accepted in Part
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. The Government will further require that the terms of reference for DMAs are published online, rather than their letters of engagement (as it is the terms of reference, rather than letters of engagement, that set out the purpose, scope and remit of the DMA). Exemptions to this requirement will be in place for a very small number of sensitive roles. 2.7 The Appointment of Non-Executive Directors of Government Departments Committee on Standards in Public Life,