propriety

Ministers will not be banned from accepting gifts but the ministerial code has been updated to require them to consider the "need to maintain the public's confidence in the standards of propriety" when deciding whether to do so.

Ofwat will be required to set rules that ensure companies appoint directors and chief executives, and allow them to remain in post, only when they meet the highest standards of "fitness and propriety".

The hilarity of people worrying about toy safety/propriety is timeless.

Ms Gray joined the civil service straight from school and worked her way up to the Cabinet Office where, for six years, she led the government's Propriety and Ethics team, which provides advice to departments on standards issues.

Ofwat will be required to set rules that ensure companies appoint directors and chief executives, and allow them to remain in post, only when they meet the highest standards of "fitness and propriety".