Committee on Standards in Public Life: Getting the balance right: Implementing standards of conduc…
R10-29
Published January 2005
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The three principal regulators (Standards Board for England, Local Government Ombudsman for Wales, and Standards Commission for Scotland) should put in place formal arrangements for the sharing of experiences and best practice. This should be extended to include the body with designated responsibility for enforcement of a new statutory framework in Northern Ireland.
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 Standards Board hosts regular meetings with the Local Government Ombudsman for Wales and the Standards Commission for Scotland for the sharing of experience and good practice. The Board will continue to maintain these contacts and will seek ways of working closer and consider the extension of these arrangements, as appropriate. ODPM, the Audit Commission, the Local Government Ombudsman and IDeA also attend these Joint Working Group Meetings to ensure that conduct issues are seen in the wider context of corporate governance more generally.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗