Yes, I do, and I will take you through the Nolan principles with that in mind.
First are openness and accountability. You cannot have any effective regime for acknowledging and avoiding conflicts of interest unless the public has trust in that regime. That trust depends on openness, and that depends on some system of registration and publication.
Second, objectivity and selflessness are absolutely the founding principles of avoiding conflicts of interest. I am there as a selfless member of Parliament or public official. I am actuated not by my self-interest but by the interests of the public. In the language that I read to you earlier from our code of conduct, we base our conduct on a consideration of the public interest. That is selflessness and objectivity. I am required to look at the public policy before me objectively, from a position of principle, and not subjectively, through the prism of my own personal interest.
Finally, we have honesty and integrity. I believe that it is fundamentally part of a member of Parliament's integrity that they serve the public in the interest of the public, and not in their own interest.
