APPENDIX 10
Letter to the Rt Hon Ann Taylor MP and
the Rt Hon Lord Newton of Braintree
from the Chairman of the Committee on
Standards and Privileges
The Committee has agreed that I should write to you
in the hope that you might be able to help us to understand how
an apparent discrepancy has come about between the Nolan report[17]
and the Code of Conduct[18].
Members have noticed that a gloss in the Nolan report relating
to the Seven Principles of Public Life, which reads "These
principles apply to all aspects of public life", has been
omitted from the Code of Conduct, thereby making it unclear whether
there is any difference in meaning between the two versions. The
relevant passages are attached.
The Committee has asked if you could reply in time
for its meeting on Tuesday 29 June. We would be grateful for any
assistance that you can give, in particular whether the omission
of the gloss was intentional, and, if so, why it was thought desirable
to leave it out; and whether it was the intention that the Code
should apply only to acts done in the capacity of a Member.
The Committee appreciates that this request relates
to events of some years ago and is at relatively short notice,
but would be extremely grateful for whatever information you can
provide.
17 June 1999
17 First Report of the Committee on Standards in Public
Life, Cm. 2850, p.14. Back
18 HC
(1995-96) 688, paragraphs 3-4. Back
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