Harriet Harman told Lobbydog today he would have to wait for the Christopher Kelly review for any changes in the expenses system.
So I just thought I’d remind Sir Chris of his Standards in Public Life Committee's first report.
It sets out the seven principles of public life: Selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
Selflessness: Putting other people’s interests before your own. That means taxpayers too.
Integrity: Sticking to high moral principles. Not claiming on parliamentary allowances for watching Pleasure Island starring Long Dong Silver.
Objectivity: Means addressing the question in a fair way, not avoiding it.
Accountability: People taking responsibility for their actions, not implying that they were only following rules – as if they didn’t have a choice.
Openness: Not fighting a High Court battle to prevent the release of receipts claimed on expenses.
Honesty: More than just telling the truth when asked. It is about being open and forward in your truthfulness.
Leadership: Being brave enough to high-light publicly what everyone knows to be wrong and then make a strong decision to put it right. Doing so in a determined way, without relying on bureaucratic justification.
Lobbydog...
Monday 6 April 2009
EXPENSES: The 7 principles of public life
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2 comments:
Sorry, Sir Chris is busy sorting out his expenses too or he would have replied.
Brown has had so many chances to change things. The Kelly review is a fig leaf for his shame, and not a very big one at that.
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