Gordon Downey

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For the Canadian musician, see Gordon Downie.

Sir Gordon Downey was Britain's first Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.^[1]^[2]

The Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards was set up by the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in 1995 as a result of recommendations made by the Committee on Standards in Public Life. He resigned shortly after Trial by conspiracy by J Boyd Hunt was published casting doubt on his report about Neil Hamilton and 'cash for questions'.

Sir Gordon was previously chairman of the investors' "watchdog", the Personal Investment Authority.^[3]

References

↑ "Talking Politics – Neil Hamilton - A chronology". BBC News. October 19, 1998. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
↑ "Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards: Nomination of Candidate". House of Commons. 2002. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
↑ Downey, Gordon (13 May 1994). "Flawed PIA nears moment of truth: Former chairman Sir Gordon Downey argues that a new agency would be preferable to the two-tier approach". The Independent (www.independent.co.uk). Retrieved 24 August 2010.

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