Public Service (Integrity and Ethics) Bill [HL]

Lords bill Private Members' Bill (Lords ballot) 2024-25

A Private Members' Bill introduced in the House of Lords through ballot. Some Lords PMBs do progress to law, particularly on technical, non-partisan matters.

First reading · Lords
Sponsor
Lord Anderson of Ipswich (Crossbench)
Introduced
7 December 2023
Last activity
7 December 2023
About this bill

A Bill to make provision about mechanisms for promoting and protecting standards of integrity and ethics in the public service; and for connected purposes.

Parliamentary stages

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Lords
First reading 7 Dec 2023
Commons

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Final stages

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What this bill is about

From the Explanatory Notes (December 2023):

1 The main objective of this Bill is to put three of the public standards regulators-the Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, Public Appointments Commissioner and Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA)-and their codes of conduct, into legislation. 2 In doing so, this Bill would give effect to recommendations by the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL), a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Cabinet Office which advises the Prime Minister on arrangements for upholding ethical standards of conduct across public life. 3 As recommended by CSPL (see policy ba…
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