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Members might find it helpful if I clear up an area of confusion that has crept into media reports about the ministerial code and the parliamentary code of conduct.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 March 2001
Item 7 relates to a complaint referred to the committee at stage 1 of the complaints process and the code of conduct and the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002 specify that stage 1 of a complaint should be conducted in private.
We have not received any apologies—I am sure that other members are on their way.Agenda item 1 is consideration of whether to take in private item 5, which is initial consideration of a report from the Scottish parliamentary standards commissioner at stage 3. Paragraph 10.2.32 of the "Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament" requires the comm...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 November 2006
An updated edition of the Code was produced in May 2004 and users are currently being asked to comment on its use in practice before it is published in loose-leaf format.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 December 2002
All staff employed by the Enterprise Networks are required to adhere to a code of conduct which covers matters of political activity and conflicts of interest.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will implement the World Health Organisation's international code for marketing breast milk substitutes and, if so, by what date.