Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-16
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Parish councils should remain with the ethical framework for England: the same principles of conduct should apply to all locally-elected representatives, irrespective of the size of authority (or the powers of that authority) to which they were elected.
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)
We accept that parish councillors should continue to be subject to the conduct regime for local government, reflecting the importance of the role of parish councils in the local government world.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗