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The Ministerial Code is a document setting out "rules" and standards for government ministers in the United Kingdom. Separate codes exist for ministers of the Scottish Government, the Northern Ireland Executive (based on the St Andrews Agreement)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ministerial code )〕 and the Welsh Government. ==History and status== Codes of conduct for ministers are amongst a range of initiatives designed to respond to perceptions of the erosion of ministerial accountability, and to preserve public trust in the institutions of cabinet government. Written guidance for British cabinet ministers began as the document ''Questions of Procedure for Ministers'' (QPM), which was a confidential document prepared by the Cabinet Office to assist ministers, and dates to at least the 1980s. The earliest published form of the Code was when the QPM was released by the Major Government in 1992,〔 and further editions have been adapted based on suggestions and recommendations from the Committee on Standards in Public Life. The first edition to be entitled ''Ministerial Code'' was Tony Blair's 1997 set of rules.〔 The most recent version was released in May 2010 (it being a convention for each new Prime Minister to issue their own).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/ministerial-code-may-2010.pdf )〕 When Gordon Brown came into office in June 2007 he appointed Sir Philip Mawer, Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, as the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests – a form of enforcer to conduct investigations and give confidential advice. The Adviser under Tony Blair was Comptroller and Auditor General Sir John Bourn.〔 The Cabinet Secretary, currently Jeremy Heywood, is responsible for clearing ministers' financial matters. The Code is currently administered by the Propriety and Ethics group within the Cabinet Office.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Propriety and Ethics )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ministerial Code (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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