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It is the practice of successive governments, reflected in the Scottish Ministerial Code and the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, that the fact and content of legal advice is not revealed.
You talk about young people getting more money but not applying for discretionary housing payments. If someone is in receipt of housing benefit, the level that they get depends on their income, so if they had more money, that would constitute more income.
The role of the Standards Commission is to encourage high ethical standards in public life, and it does that by promoting and enforcing the codes of conduct for councillors and members of devolved public bodies.
More recently, he agreed to serve as an independent adviser to the Scottish Government on the “Scottish Ministerial Code”, which was another public service that he performed without fear or favour, or any remuneration whatever.
That will offer another layer of protection for fragile items. The code should safeguard against excessive and overcommercial lending and against very fragile items being put at unreasonable risk.
It is not the practice of the government, as indicated in the Scottish Ministerial Code, to disclose whether it has sought legal advice in relation to a particular matter.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 October 2009
It is the practice of successive governments, reflected in the Scottish Ministerial Code and the provisions of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002, that the fact and content of legal advice is not revealed.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 December 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it believes that there should be independent oversight of the Scottish Ministerial Code. I refer themember to the answer to question S3W-6786 on 3 December 2007.