This committee has the following areas of responsibility:

• The ethical conduct of Members of the Legislative Assembly including:
  • examining the arrangements for the keeping of a register of interests of Members and a register of interests of persons related to a Member, and considering complaints referred to the committee about the failure to register particular interests. Interests that Members are required to detail include property and financial interests as well as memberships of parties, bodies and associations and other interests which could foreseeably raise a conflict between a Member's private interests and their duty as a Member.
  • publishing and reviewing a code of conduct for Members. The committee has responsibility for considering complaints of breaches of the code and making recommendations to the Legislative Assembly about action by the Assembly.  The committee's responsibilities also include the reform of legislation and Standing Rules and Orders about the ethical conduct of Members.
• Parliamentary privilege, including considering allegations of contempt.
• Advising the Legislative Assembly about individual requests from non-members for a right of reply.