the Committee on Standards in Public Life
/ðə kəˌmɪti ɒn ˌstændədz ɪn ˌpʌblɪk ˈlaɪf/
/ðə kəˌmɪti ɑːn ˌstændərdz ɪn ˌpʌblɪk ˈlaɪf/
- a committee set up by the British government in 1994 to examine standards of behaviour among people such as Members of Parliament who have a responsibility to the public to behave in an honest and decent way. It was first led by Lord Nolan and was also called the Nolan Committee.