Managing Conflict of Interest - Organisation for Economic Co ...
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22 <strong>Managing</strong> <strong><strong>Co</strong>nflict</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Interest</strong>• The requirement <strong>for</strong> MPs to give more detail regarding theiroutside interests in the compulsory Register <strong>of</strong> Members’<strong>Interest</strong>s;• The establishment <strong>of</strong> a Parliamentary <strong>Co</strong>mmissioner <strong>for</strong> Standardswith the task <strong>of</strong> overseeing the Register <strong>of</strong> Members’<strong>Interest</strong>s and the operation <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Co</strong>de <strong>of</strong> <strong>Co</strong>nduct, andinvestigating specific complaints against individual MPs;• The establishment <strong>of</strong> a House <strong>of</strong> <strong>Co</strong>mmons <strong>Co</strong>mmittee onStandards and Privileges, whose task is to supervise the Parliamentary<strong>Co</strong>mmissioner;• The passage <strong>of</strong> the Political Parties, Elections and ReferendumsAct, which requires political parties to report to anindependent Electoral <strong>Co</strong>mmission on their spending duringelection campaigns and on the sources <strong>of</strong> their funding ;• A new Ministerial <strong>Co</strong>de, which sets out in some detail howministers are expected to conduct themselves in relation totheir private interests; 8• The appointment <strong>of</strong> an Adviser on Ministerial <strong>Interest</strong>s(reporting directly to the Prime Minister), whose task is toadvise individual ministers on how they should handlepotential conflicts <strong>of</strong> interest and to investigate any allegedbreaches <strong>of</strong> the Ministerial <strong>Co</strong>de (this task was previouslyundertaken by the Cabinet Secretary or by PermanentSecretaries 9 );• A new <strong>Co</strong>de <strong>of</strong> Practice <strong>for</strong> Ministerial Appointments to PublicBodies (to make sure that ministers make appointmentson merit alone) and the appointment <strong>of</strong> a <strong>Co</strong>mmissioner <strong>for</strong>Public Appointments, whose task is to regulate and monitorsuch appointments; 10• A revised Civil Service Management <strong>Co</strong>de, which covers thewhole range <strong>of</strong> management issues, and a separate CivilService <strong>Co</strong>de, which sets out the values and the standardsthat civil servants are expected to uphold; 118http://www.cabinet<strong>of</strong>fice.gov.uk/propriety_and_ethics/ministers/ministerial_code/9In the British system, Permanent Secretaries are the civil service heads <strong>of</strong>government ministries.10http://www.ocpa.gov.uk/11http://www.civilservice.gov.uk/publications/code/index.aspADB/OECD Anti-<strong>Co</strong>rruption Initiative <strong>for</strong> Asia and the Pacific
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