Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 28 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to replace the responsibilities undertaken by (a) the Standards Board for England and (b) local standards committees; who will be responsible for future disciplinary processes involving local authorities; and how such processes will be funded.
The Standards Board regime fuelled petty complaints and malicious vendettas, wasting taxpayers' money and harming local democracy.
The Localism Bill places a duty on councils to promote and maintain high standards of conduct, under which it will be their responsibility to take and fund such measures, including establishing any appropriate disciplinary processes, that they see fit to fulfil this duty.
And as a guard against corruption, the Bill also provides that a member will commit a criminal-offence if he or she, without reasonable excuse, fails to register or disclose an interest, or takes part in council business having personal interests which prohibit this.
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