Discussion of standards of conduct in Westminster and beyond.
Westminster and Holyrood have both been engulfed by scandals over ministerial behaviour in the past year. The Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL) has launched a further review, Standards Matter 2, to evaluate the institutions and processes that uphold standards of conduct in Westminster and beyond. Sir Alex Allan, former Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests, discusses the standards regime in Westminster and Whitehall; discussing the standards regime in Scotland we have Susan Deacon, former Minister for Health in Scotland, and former chair of the Scottish Police Authority; and Richard Thomas CBE, Member of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments, discusses recent evidence submitted to the CSPL and PACAC on this topic.
Speakers: Sir Alex Allan, former Independent Adviser on Ministers’ Interests; Susan Deacon, former Minister for Health in Scotland, and former chair of the Scottish Police Authority; and Richard Thomas CBE, Member of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments and former Information Commissioner
Chair: Professor Robert Hazell, The Constitution Unit