Question reference: S1W-00790
- Asked by: Cathy Jamieson, MSP for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 5 August 1999
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Current status: Answered by David Steel on 16 August 1999
Question
To ask the Presiding Officer whether the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body will investigate the possibility of establishing a credit union for members and staff of the Scottish Parliament.
Answer
The SPCB has no plans to establish a credit union for members and staff of the Scottish Parliament.
There are no plans to establish a credit union using the members and staffs own money and we are not aware of any approaches, either from members or staff, for us to do so.Apart from advances to assist with season ticket purchase, it would be an inappropriate use of public funds to extend short term, or long term, loans to staff or members, at an advantageous rate. This is against generally accepted rules of government accounting.