Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent on 21 July (HLWS867), whether appointments to the new Ethics and Integrity Commission will be made under a Public Appointments Order in Council; and which Minister will be responsible for approving those appointments.
Independent appointments to the Commission will be subject to the Public Appointments Order in Council. Cabinet Office Ministers will be responsible for the appointment of members to the Commission.