Committee on Standards in Public Life: Local government ethical standards: report
R19-20
Response position Rejected
Published January 2019
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Section 27(3) of the Localism Act 2011 should be amended to state that parish councils must adopt the code of conduct of their principal authority, with the necessary amendments, or the new model code.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Local government ethical standards: report, January 2019
Government response
Government response (the government's words)
The government does not agree that this is necessary and has no plans to repeal Section 27(3) of the Localism Act 2011.
The government considers that the adoption of the principal authority’s code or the new model code is a matter for local determination.
There are merits in achieving consistency within principal authority areas to eliminate potential confusion amongst constituents and elected members but there may be instances where a parish council may want to add to the code of their principal authority to reflect local circumstances.
The government considers that the adoption of the principal authority’s code or the new model code is a matter for local determination.
There are merits in achieving consistency within principal authority areas to eliminate potential confusion amongst constituents and elected members but there may be instances where a parish council may want to add to the code of their principal authority to reflect local circumstances.
From: HM Government. Source document ↗