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Policy Paper Published 22 Sep 2020 Committee on Standards in Public Life ↗ View on GOV.UK

Standards Matter 2: Terms of Reference

The terms of reference for the Committee's landscape review of the institutions, processes and structures in place to support high standards of conduct.

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This review intends to:

  1. Review the evidence as to how well ethical standards are upheld in public life in the UK;

  2. Review the evidence on the strength of the UK’s arrangements for regulating and promoting ethical standards;

  3. Review the adequacy and continuing relevance of the Seven Principles of Public Life;

  4. Identify examples of best practice in the regulation of ethical standards;

  5. Identify examples of best practice in the promotion of cultures that celebrate and encourage high ethical standards.

Read the press release for the review.

Read Lord Evans’ blog on the launch of the new review.

Submit to the review’s public consultation.

Submit to the review’s public sector survey.