Committee on Standards in Public Life: Local government ethical standards: report
R19-11
Response position Partially accepted
Published January 2019
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Local authorities should provide legal indemnity to Independent Persons if their views or advice are disclosed. The government should require this through secondary legislation if needed.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Local government ethical standards: report, January 2019
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The government agrees in principle.
Initial soundings with the sector indicate that some local authorities already provide legal indemnity for Independent Persons.
The government endorses providing legal indemnity for Independent Person as local authority best practice but does not currently see the need to require this through secondary legislation.
Initial soundings with the sector indicate that some local authorities already provide legal indemnity for Independent Persons.
The government endorses providing legal indemnity for Independent Person as local authority best practice but does not currently see the need to require this through secondary legislation.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗