Committee on Standards in Public Life (Hansard, 31 March 2003)

HC Deb 31 March 2003 vol 402 cc524-5W 525W

Tony Wright
To ask the Prime Minister whether the Committee on Standards in Public Life has to receive his approval before undertaking an inquiry. [105274]

§ The Prime Minister
The position remains as set out in the report of the Quinquennial Review of the Committee on Standards in Public Life published in January 2001, which is: "Both it (the Committee) and the Government have been free to propose topics, and the programme of work has been established after consultation between the Committee and the Government".