Gordon Downey
Sir Gordon Stanley DowneyKCB(26 April 1928 – 12 April 2022)[1]was Britain's firstParliamentary Commissioner for Standards.[2][3]
The Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards was set up by theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdomin 1995 as a result of recommendations made by theCommittee on Standards in Public Life.He resigned shortly afterTrial by Conspiracyby J Boyd Hunt was published in 1998, casting doubt on his report aboutNeil Hamiltonand thecash-for-questions affair.
Downey was previously chairman of the investors' "watchdog", the Personal Investment Authority.[4]
Downey died on 12 April 2022, at the age of 93.[5]
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- ^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.Archivedfrom the original on 8 November 2012.Retrieved24 August2010.
- ^"Sir Gordon Downey obituary".The Times.21 April 2022.Retrieved22 April2022.
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