Prime Minister of the United Kingdom the convention developed that the Prime Minister should always sit in the lower house. As leader of the House of Commons, the Prime Minister's authority was further enhanced by the Parliament Act of 1911 which marginalised the influence of the House of Lords in the law-making process. The Prime Minister is "ex officio" also First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service. Certain privileges, such as residency of 10 Downing Street, are accorded to Prime Ministers by virtue of their position as First Lord of the Treasury. The status of the position as Prime Minister means that
Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service The document Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service is a text document of the United Nations System that lays out a set of standards of conduct for international civil servants. These standards were introduced in 2013 by the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to replace the "Standards of Conduct in the International Civil Service", which had been introduced in 1954 and revised in 2001. The report on "Standards of Conduct in the International Civil Service" by the International Civil Service Advisory Board (ICSAB), which preceded the ICSC, was highly recognized.