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Committee on Standards in Public Life: Public Appointments

Asked by Mike WoodConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 9 September 2025UIN 75364

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the written statement of 21 July 2025 entitled Government of service, HCWS870, whether the reformed Committee on Standards in Public Life will have political members nominated by the main political parties in the House of Commons.

Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds

The Ethics and Integrity Commission will be established in Autumn by the Government strengthening and reforming the Committee on Standards in Public Life (CSPL). As with CSPL, the Ethics and Integrity Commission will continue to have political members nominated by the main political parties in the House of Commons.

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