Committee on Standards in Public Life: Striking the Balance: Upholding the Seven Principles of Pub…
STB-1
Published September 2016
Response position and delivery status are recorded separately. Acceptance does not establish implementation.
Recommendation (the Committee's words)
Ministerial appointments must be made, in a timely and transparent manner, on merit, without patronage and with proper regard to the needs of the organisation.
From: Committee on Standards in Public Life, Striking the Balance: Upholding the Seven Principles of Public Life in Regulation, September 2016