Standards of Conduct in the House of Lords

Appendix F

Previous Reports by the Committee on Standards in Public Life

1. The Committee has published reports on the following subjects:

  • Members of Parliament, Ministers, civil servants and quangos (First Report (Cm 2850), May 1995)

  • Local public spending bodies (Second Report (Cm 3270), June 1996)

  • Local government in England, Scotland and Wales (Third Report (Cm 3702), July 1997)

  • The funding of political parties in the United Kingdom (Fifth Report (Cm 4057), October 1998).

2. The Committee is a standing committee. It can, therefore, not only conduct enquiries into new areas of concern about standards in public life but also, having reported its recommendations following an enquiry, it can later revisit that area and monitor whether and how well its recommendations have been put into effect. The Committee has so far conducted two reviews:

  • a review of recommendations contained in the First and Second Reports relating to standards of conduct in executive non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), NHS Trusts and local public spending bodies (Fourth Report, November 1997)1

  • a review of recommendations contained in the First Report relating to Members of Parliament, Ministers, civil servants and 'proportionality' in the public appointments system (Sixth Report entitled Reinforcing Standards (Cm 4557), January 2000).

1 This report was not published as a command paper.

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