About the Committee

Terms of reference

The Prime Minister announced the setting up of the Committee on Standards in Public Life in the House of Commons on Tuesday 25 October, 1994 with the following terms of reference:

"To examine current concerns about standards of conduct of all holders of public office, including arrangements relating to financial and commercial activities, and make recommendations as to any changes in present arrangements which might be required to ensure the highest standards of propriety in public life."

The Prime Minister made it clear that the remit of the Committee does not extend to investigating individual allegations of misconduct. The Committee on Standards in Public Life has been constituted as a standing body with its members appointed for three years.

Committee Membership

The Rt Hon The Lord Nolan, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (Chairman)
Sir Clifford Boulton GCB
Sir Martin Jacomb
Professor Anthony King
The Rt. Hon. Tom King CH MP
The Rt. Hon. Peter Shore MP
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Thomson of Monifieth KT DL
Sir William Utting CB
Dame Anne Warburton DCVO CMG
Diana Warwick

Aspects of Management and Propriety in
Local Government in England Scotland and Wales

ISBN 0 7115 0331 1

Further copies of this document are available from:

The Secretary
The Committee on Standards in Public Life
Government Offices
Horse Guards Road
London SW1P 3AL
0171-270 6455

Copies of earlier reports of the Committee on Standards in Public Life are available from The Stationery Office, their Agents and all good booksellers.

First Report : MP's, Ministers and Civil Servants, Executive NDPBs

Volume 1: Report (Cm 2850-I) Ł11.80

Volume 2: Transcripts of Oral Evidence (Cm 2850-II) Ł38.00

Second Report : Local Public Spending Bodies

Volume 1: Report (Cm 3270-I) Ł14

Volume 2: Transcripts of Oral Evidence (Cm 3270-II) Ł34

Internet http://www.open.gov.uk/nolan/csplhome.htm

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Reviewed 1 October 1996