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