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Current process
Section 17(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 was amended by the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020. It now states that upon receipt of a report on a review of local authority electoral areas and arrangements from Boundaries Scotland, the Scottish Government must lay the report on the review in the Scottish Parliament.
It is clear that one critical effect of the recession has been a slowing in the realisation of capital receipts, which have been a component of capital that has been available to a number of public sector organisations.
Department for Transport figures for 2000—my figures are a little old—show that tourism receipts from inbound passengers to Scotland were £0.5 billion.
As Lord James Douglas-Hamilton suggested, we can dictate only what is in the code of conduct for members, not what is in the Scottish ministerial code.
I suggest that we circulate the report to members of the committee before it is finally published in case there are any last-minute changes to be made. That is agreed.Draft Code of Conduct Draft Code of Conduct Our main business today is the continued consideration of the draft code of conduct for members.
That the Local Government Committee in consideration of Standards in Public Life Code of Conduct: Councillors' Code (SE/2001/50), recommends that the Code be approved.
On the first anomaly, there is concern that we declare the rent, but do not identify the tenant. The worry is that the receipt of rent could be seen as cause for influence, but what about the privacy of the tenants?