Committee on Standards in Public Life: Reinforcing Standards
R6-29
Published January 2000
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
The Cabinet Office should issue guidance on consultation, which would have as its objective a uniformly high and transparent standard of consultation on policy issues and decisions. This might be in the form of a Consultation Code, which would seek to ensure that departments meet the principles set out in the current Cabinet Office document on Best Practice in Written Consultation.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Reinforcing Standards, January 2000