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It encompasses the organisation’s values of integrity, fairness and respect, which should be at the core of everything that you do. The preamble to the code says: “How we deliver policing has a direct impact on our communities and will influence the trust and confidence people have in us.
The Scottish Government has already outlined what it would have done if it had had powers in that area, which would have involved creating an effective enforcement regime with penalties and a code of practice. What are you proposing to do about nuisance calls?
I have written in full to you with the specifics of my request, Presiding Officer, but I ask, under section 9.6(a) of the MSPs’ code of conduct, for clarification on whether you think that rules 7.3 and 7.8 of the standing orders have been breached.
In the interests of consistency, I should declare that I, too, am in receipt of a very small NHS pension.In general, I find legal language difficult, but I agree with Bob Doris’s comments and accept the explanation that has been given.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has published a Prosecution Code1Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. (2001). Prosecution Code. Retrieved from https://www.copfs.gov.uk/publications/prosecution-code/ setting out general criteria for prosecution decision making.
Please note that I raise it not under the Scottish ministerial code, for which you have no remit, but under the code of conduct for MSPs, which applies to us all.
I take one example in relation to the cost to the UK Exchequer of tax-motivated incorporation, which would result in an increase in corporation tax receipts but an even greater decrease in income tax receipts and NICs receipts.
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Date answered:
29 January 2009