List of Ministers’ Interests and Ministerial Code Debate
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Ronnie Cowan
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List of Ministers’ Interests and Ministerial Code
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Ronnie Cowan (Inverclyde) (SNP)
When Sir Laurie Magnus gave evidence to PACAC on the compliance of Ministers with the ministerial code, he said:
“I think you have to rely on their honesty, their compliance with the seven principles of public life and their recognising that if they are to have the privilege of a ministerial position, they have to comply with the expected standards.”
What can we do in this place when they do not?
Alex Burghart
The hon. Gentleman, I am sure, as a member of PACAC, will have read Sir Laurie Magnus’s list, published last week, in which he outlines that Ministers are doing what they are expected to do and that permanent secretaries are helping them to do so.