Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-14
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
(a) The 2002 Public Appointments Order in Council should be amended to allow the creation of a Board of Public Appointments Commissioners. The Board should be chaired by a First Public Appointments Commissioner. (b) Public Appointments Commissioners should each be linked to a small number of Departments, providing assistance to the Department in constructing and publishing annual departmental Public Appointments Plans. These plans should be the executive responsibility of the department and signed off by the Board of the Public Appointments Commission. (c) Public Appointment Commissioners should be available to chair selection panels for ‘starred’ appointments.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduct in public life, January 2005
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The Government is attracted to this recommendation and acknowledges the benefits of a Board of Public Appointments Commissioners and for individual Commissioners to each be linked to a small number of departments. The Government also acknowledges the benefit of the Commissioners being able to chair or be members of selection panels. However, the Government is also conscious of the Inquiry currently underway by the Public Administration Select Committee into the role and independence of the ethical regulation of government. The Government would therefore welcome the views of the Public Administration Select Committee before putting substantive arrangements in place.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗