Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-24
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The general principles, currently contained in a separate Order, should be incorporated into the Model Code. This will add clarity about the fundamental purpose of the Code and help provide a context for members behind some of the more detailed provisions in the Code. It will also make the Model Code more relevant to members of the public and assist in providing a route into the Code when considering making a complaint.
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 accepts that there would be benefits in incorporating the ten general principles of public life as a preamble or an annex to the code of conduct, where the principles would provide extra context for understanding the code. Following its review of the code of conduct, the Standards Board has proposed the inclusion of the principles as a preamble to the code. We intend to make amendments to allow for the principles to be published alongside the code.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗