Sleaze: Picking up the threads or 'back to basics' scandals?

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 360-375

  Doig, Alan ^a  

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DOI: 10.1093/parlij/54.2.360     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. 1 A. Doig and J. Wilson, "Untangling The Threads' in F.F. Ridley and Alan Doig (eds), Sleaze: Politicians, Private Interest and Public Reaction, Oxford UP, 1995.
2. 2 A. Doig, 'The Offense That Dare Not Speak Its Name; Cash, Corruption and the Hamilton Affair', Parliamentary Affairs, January 1998.
3. 3 A. Barker et al., Ruling by Task Force, Politic's in Association with Democratic Audit, 1999.
4. 4 R. Fritchie, 'Opening Up Public Appointment', Review: The Newsletter of the Public Management and Policy Association, November 2000.
5. 5 R. Chapman, Decision Making, Routledge, 1986, p. 110. This case study of the 1957 decision to raise the Bank Rate briefly discusses the construction of elite consensus which still has resonance in terms of being 'invited to the party', an expression used by senior civil servants and ministers about the growth of task forces, and one that has somewhat different connotations to the more orthodox claims of collaborative or inclusive government.
6. 6 See A. Stott, '"Snouts in the Trough": The Politics of Quangos' in F.F. Ridley and D. Wilson (eds), The Quango Debate, Oxford UP, 1995.
7. 7 Paragraph from C. Skelcher, The Appointed State: Quasi-governmental Organisations and Democracy, Open UP, 1998, p. 177.
8. 8 A. Doig and J. Wilson, loc. cit., p. 28.
9. 9 Committee on Standards and Privileges, Ninth Report: Complaints against Members of Parliament: The Investigation Profess, HC 403, 1999-2000.
10. 10 Committee on Standards and Privileges. Fifth Report: Complaints against Mrs Teresa Gorman, HC 260, 1999-2000, para. 34.
11. 11 C. Souza and I. Dale (eds), Directory of Political Lobbying 1999-2000, Politico, 2000.
12. 12 See A. Doig, S. McIvor and J. Moran, 'New labour and Cronyism', Parliamentary Affairs, October 1999.
13. 13 Committee on Standards in Public Life, Sixth Report. Reinforcing Standards: Review of the First Report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, Vol. 1, Cm. 4557-I, 2000.
14. 14 Home Office, Raising Standards and Upholding Integrity: The Prevention of Corruption. The Government's Proposals for the Reform of the Criminal Law of Corruption in England and Wales, Cm. 4759, 2000.
15. 15 The Committee on Standards of Conduct in Public Life recommended in November 2000 that the House of Lords establish a register and code of conduct. Disingenuous arguments that there is no misconduct in the Lords deny the potential influence peers can exercise influence both inside and outside Parliament which have been noted for decades (see C. Souza and I. Dale, op. cit., and A. Roth and J. Kerbey, Lord on the Board, Parliamentary Profiles, 1972).
16. 15 The Committee on Standards of Conduct in Public Life recommended in November 2000 that the House of Lords establish a register and code of conduct. Disingenuous arguments that there is no misconduct in the Lords deny the potential influence peers can exercise influence both inside and outside Parliament which have been noted for decades (see C. Souza and I. Dale, op. cit., and A. Roth and J. Kerbey, Lord on the Board, Parliamentary Profiles, 1972).
17. 16 Standards Committee, 4th Report 1999, Report on Complaints against Mike Watson MSP, SP Paper 51.
18. 17 Standards Committee, 1st Report 1999, Report of an Inquiry into Matters brought to the Attention of the Committee by The Observer Newspaper, SP Paper 27.
19. 18 The offence currently exists in common law. See Committee of Standards in Public Life, Third Report: Standards of Conduct in Local Government in England, Scotland and Wales. Vol. 1. Cm. 3702.
20. 19 Committee on Standards in Public Life, Fifth Report: The Funding of Political Parties in the United Kingdom. Summary of Findings, The Stationery Office (the full Report is Cm. 4057-I).