Committee on Standards in Public Life

Links relating to standards in public life

UK Parliament | UK Central Government | Devolved Institutions | Governmental and Intergovernmental Organisations Europe| Governmental and Intergovernmental Organisations Rest of the World | NGOs UK | NGOs Overseas | Standards in Action

United Kingdom Parliament

• UK Parliament [External website]
• House of Commons [External website]
  • House of Commons Commission [External website]
    • House of Commons Commission Review of the Staffing of the Office of the Commissioner for Standards [External website] (May 2002)
  • Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards [External website]
    • Annual Report 2003-04 [External website]
    • Annual Report 2002-03 [External website]
    • Register of Members' Interests [External website] (Current edition)
    • Register of Members’ Interests [External website] (Previous editions)
    • Register of All-Party Groups [External website]
    • Register of Interests of Members' Secretaries and Research Assistants [External website]
    • Register of Journalists' Interests [External website]
    • The Code of Conduct and the Guide to the Rules Relating to the Conduct of Members [External website]
    • Pocket Guide to the Rules [External website]
    • Guidance notes on procedure about the way complaints are made and investigated [External website]
    • Press Notices [External website]
  • Select Committee on Standards and Privileges [External website] (SPSC) [External website] and SPSC Reports [External website]
  • Select Committee on Public Administration [External website] (PASC) [External website] and PASC Reports [External website]
  • Standards in Public Life [External website]
• House of Lords [External website]
  • Register of Lords' Interests [External website], Explanatory Briefing [External website] and Code of Conduct (from 31 March 2002) [External website]

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UK Central Government

• Directgov [External website] The place to turn to for the latest and widest range of public service information
  • A–Z of central government [External website]
  • A–Z of local councils [External website]
  • Government Consultations [External website]

• Cabinet Office [External website]

• Advisory Committee on Business Appointments [External website]
• Propriety and Ethics Team (home page) [External website]
  • Propriety and Ethics Team (about the Committee on Standards in Public Life) [External website]
  • Sitemap for the Propriety and Ethics Team [External website]
• Civil Service Code [External website]
• Civil Service Ethics and Standards [External website]
• Civil Service Management Code [External website]
• Guidance for Civil Servants: Contact with Lobbyists [External website]
• Ministerial Code: A Code of Ethics and Procedural Guidance for Ministers [PDF, External website] (July 2005)
• Ministers and Departments [External website]
• Contract for Special Advisers [Word, External website] (July 2005)
• Code of Conduct for Special Advisers [PDF, External website] (July 2005)
• Office of the Civil Service Commissioners [External website]
• Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments [External website]
• Public Appointments Unit [External website]
• Agencies and Public Bodies [External website]
• Reform and Regulation – Codes and Standards [External website]

• Department for Education and Skills (DFES) [External website]
• Electoral Commission [External website]
• The Department for Communities and Local Government [External website] Responsibility for local government

• Local Government [External website]
  • The Local Authorities (Model Code of Conduct) (England) Order 2001 [External website]
  • The Parish Councils (Model Code of Conduct) Order 2001 [External website]
• Planning [External website]

• Standards Board for England [External website]

• The Code of Conduct [External website]
• Guidance for Local Authorities [External website]
• Guidance for Parish and Town Councils [External website]

• Home Office [External website]
• Info4Local [External website] – a new central government Internet service for communicating with local authorities

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Devolved Institutions

• National Assembly for Wales [External website]
  • Standards of Conduct Committee [External website]
• Northern Ireland Assembly [External website]
  • Committee on Standards and Privileges and Minutes of the Committee [External website]
• Scottish Parliament [External website]
  • Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament [External website]
  • Standards Committee [External website]
• Greater London Authority [External website]

Governmental and Intergovernmental Organisations
Europe

• Council of Europe [External website]
• European Commission [External website]
  • Reforming the Commission White Paper [External website]
• European Court of Human Rights [External website]
• European Governments, Web Sites [External website] (European Union Member States and other European States)
• European Parliament [External website]
• Organisation for Economic Co–operation and Development (OECD) [External website]

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Rest of the World

• Governments on the WWW [External website](Comprehensive database of governmental institutions on the World Wide Web)
• Australia: Australian Electoral Commission [External website]
• Canada: Elections Canada [External website]
• Canada: Office of the Ethics Commissioner [External website]
• Ireland: Public Offices Commission [External website]
• United States: Federal Election Commission (FEC) [External website]
• United States: Office of Government Ethics (OGE) [External website]

Non-governmental Organisations
UK

• How to be a Civil Servant [External website] The site explore: the way in which Civil Servants prepare policy advice, their relationship with Government Ministers and Parliament, the constraints within which Civil Servants must operate, and the way in which they are managed

Overseas

• Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) [External website]
• Institute for Global Ethics [External website]
• Institute for Global Ethics UK Trust [External website]
• International Institute for Public Ethics [External website]
• National Democratic Institute for International Affairs [External website]
• Transparency International [External website]
• Transparency International (UK) [External website]

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Standards in Action

• Association of Professional Political Consultants [External website] APPC is the representative and self-regulatory body for professional political consultants
• CIPFA Better Governance Forum [External website] The Forum offers a platform for senior managers to work together across the whole of the public sector, enabling the sharing of experience and good practice
• Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) [External website] The Institute is the professional body for company secretaries and contains information on corporate governance, best practice and regulation
• Public Relations Consultants Association [External website] The Public Relations Consultants Association is the voice of PR consultancies in the UK

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