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Craig Hoy was quite right to say that she might have broken the ministerial code, but we have a broken system, whereby the First Minister marks their own homework and that of wayward ministers.
Craig Hoy was quite right to say that she might have broken the ministerial code, but we have a broken system, whereby the First Minister marks their own homework and that of wayward ministers.
It is worth reflecting that, in the code red report, which was published earlier this year, the warning from the IPCC is that we will be reaching 1.5° of warming within the next decade.
Should we have mandatory supervision levels in codes of practice for nurses, doctors and everyone else—as there are in social care—rather than putting things in statute?
Those appointments are to be regulated according to the code of practice for ministerial appointments to public bodies in Scotland, which is produced by the Commission for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland.
Either explanation could point to a breach of the ministerial code. Not taking a minute is a breach in and of itself, but far worse is that the minutes of those meetings could have been deliberately held back from our committee to protect the First Minister by hiding a more ruinous breach on her part.