Committee on Standards in Public Life: Standards of conduct of local government in England, Scotla…
R3-15
Published July 1997
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Councils should set up a Standards Committee, composed of senior councillors, which should have the power to examine allegations of misconduct by councillors and to recommend disciplinary action to the full council, including the punishment of an individual councillor.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Standards of conduct of local government in England, Scotland and Wales, July 1997