PE1935: Create an Independent Committee to judge whether Scottish Ministers have broken the Ministerial Code
Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to create a Committee outside the Parliament to judge whether Ministers have broken the Ministerial Code.
Petitioner: Dillon Crawford
Status: Closed
Date published: 03 May 2022
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
SPICe Briefing (131.7KB, pdf) (132KB, pdf) posted 06 June 2022
Follow Up SPICe Briefing (199.8KB, pdf) (200KB, pdf) posted 07 November 2022
Committee Meetings
29 June 2022: The Committee agreed to seek further briefing from the Scottish Parliament Information Centre on the issues raised by the petition.
Official Report of Meeting 29 June 2022
8 March 2023: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that an operation system of Independent Advisers on the Ministerial Code exists, the Scottish Government has no plans to amend the decision-making process in the way proposed by the petitioner; and there are no current examples of independent committees in other UK legislatures in the way proposed by the petitioner.
Offical Report of Meeting 8 March 2023
Written Submissions
PE1935/A: Scottish Government submission of 23 June 2022 (63.4KB, pdf) (63KB, pdf) posted 23 June 2022