Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
14 April 2026
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Committee House of Commons
00:08 - 01:17
Speaker 1
54321. Order. Order. Well, good morning, colleagues. Welcome back after the Easter recess.
Hope everybody is reasonably refreshed and raring to go for the summer term. And we're delighted to be joined this morning as we continue our work with regards to standards, ethics, and integrity in public life, joined joined by Doug Chalmers, the new chair of the ethics and integrity commission. We're grateful to you for joining us this morning. Maybe we should just start with a bit of a scene setting question. I think we will all understand, you will understand, the importance of an effective standards system, both in terms of the operation of public life and also how the public perceive the operation of public life.
What's your assessment of where the public are on their appreciation of or belief in high standards, integrity and ethics?
01:18 - 01:47
Speaker 2
First to the chair and to the committee, if I may say. Thank you very much for having me in. I was the chair of CSPL for about eighteen months before I became into the EIC, which I think is an important context as we sort of explore what we as we go into it. And this is our natural resting place, if I may say, our docking in point into parliament is this committee. And, chair, if I may say, thank you for giving us a bit of breathing room to allow us to sort of settle in and find the the initial, framing point for the EIC.
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