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We have noted that the bill makes provision for the Scottish ministers to issue a code for councillors, but to require the public bodies to prepare their own codes.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 August 2001
In his report, the commissioner concluded that David Davidson had not breached provisions of the code of conduct for MSPs.On 9 March, while meeting in private, the Standards Committee agreed to uphold the commissioner's findings that there had been no breach of the code and agreed to announce its decision in public a...
Section 155(3) will amend the Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 to provide for a code of practice for landlords. The legal advice is that, as the code will not be legislative, parliamentary scrutiny is unnecessary.
Will the minister reassure me that, while the legal technicalities, draft codes for attorneys and the rest are devised, the wishes of people with incapacity, or of those who are close to them, will remain at the centre of our thinking?