Financial Memorandum
As set out in the Financial Memorandum, the Bill extends the remit of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland (the Commissioner) to include complaints against an MSP alleging sexual harassment of a member of that MSP’s staff occurring prior to 7 January 2020.
The Financial Memorandum explains that additional costs attributable to the Bill will result predominantly from any new complaints which are made to the Commissioner alleging sexual harassment by an MSP of a member of their own staff, where the alleged harassment took place prior to a revision of the Code of Conduct for MSPs made on 7 January 2020.