As part of its current landscape review of standards, the Committee is continuing to gather evidence and views about the structures in place to support high standards in public life.
The Committee is holding online evidence sessions, via Zoom, on Wednesday 17 and Wednesday 24 March to hear from individuals and organisations on these issues.
The online open sessions will be livestreamed via the Committee's YouTube page
The Committee has no remit to investigate individual cases; these sessions will focus on the structures in place to regulate standards and encourage high standards of conduct in public life.
You can view the evidence sessions from the 10 March here.
Wednesday 17 March - The Importance of High Ethical Standards
11:00 - 12:00: Lord Mark Sedwill KCMG, former Cabinet Secretary
13:00 - 14:00: Lord Gus O'Donnell GCB, former Cabinet Secretary
14:00 - 15:00: Dame Carolyn Fairbairn DBE, former Director General, Confederation of British Industry, and Sir Jonathan Symonds CBE, Non-Executive Chairman, GlaxoSmithKlein
15:30 - 16:30: Professor Elizabeth David-Barrett, Director, Centre for the Study of Corruption, University of Sussex, and Daniel Bruce, Chief Executive, Transparency International UK
16:30 - 17:30: Jacqui McKinlay, Chief Executive, Centre for Governance and Scrutiny, and Jonathan Goolden, Regulatory and Public Sector Partner, Wilkin Chapman LLP Solicitors
Wednesday 24 March - Standards Bodies and Regulators
9:00 - 10:00: Rt Hon Peter Riddell CBE, Public Appointments Commissioner and former Director of the Institute for Government
10:00 - 11:00: Rt Hon Lord Eric Pickles, former Anti-Corruption Czar and Chair, independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments
11:00 - 12:00: Sir David Normington GCB, former First Civil Service Commissioner and former Public Appointments Commissioner
13:30 - 14:30: Dr Hannah White OBE, Deputy Director, Institute for Government*, and Professor Matthew Flinders, Professor of Politics and Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
14:40 - 15:30: Caroline Anderson, Ethical Standards Commissioner for Scotland, Ian Bruce, Public Appointments Manager for Scotland, Douglas Bain, Welsh Assembly Commissioner for Standards, and Dr Melissa McCullough, Northern Ireland Commissioner for Standards
16:00 - 17:00: Commissioner Mario Dion, Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Canada
*Dr Hannah White was Secretary to the Committee 2011-2013
The public consultation for this review has now closed. The Committee would like to thank all those who submitted evidence and views.
Meetings, roundtables and research for this review are ongoing. Notes and transcripts will be published on the Committee's website in due course.
The Committee will report in the autumn.
The online open sessions will be livestreamed via the Committee's YouTube page
Notes
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