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His duties include:
providing advice to the Presiding Officer and deputies
signing the accounts of the Parliament
chairing Senior Executive Team meetings
attending Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and Bureau meetings in an advisory capacity
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In addition, in limited circumstances, it can be terminated by way of a less formal administrative procedure, involving the Accountant of Court.
Part 4 of the Bill contains both administrative procedures and court-based procedures.
What was said on consultation
In response to the Committee's call for views, the Sheriffs and Summary Sheriffs Association and the Law Society both commented on the limits of the Accountant's information-gathering power (in relation to bodies exercising reserved functions, or UK Government departments/ministers).
We ask, however, the Education, Children and Young People Committee to take our views on the aforementioned provisions into account when doing so as lead committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 December 2021
The Committee welcomed the Scottish Government's commitment to consult on provisions for a Scottish Elections Bill which would take into account the views of relevant stakeholders in shaping the legislation.
We have sought to take evidence from the Keeper and Accountable Officer on an annual basis. Our scrutiny has focused on issues such as the digitalisation agenda and funding issues.
Proposed change
In order to implement the recommendation of the Joint Working Group that no time limit should be applied to complaints of sexual harassment, as well as the recommendation that Members should be held to account for “their behaviour towards their own staff in the same way as their behaviour towards anyone else”, the Committee believes that co...
The Committee would welcome detail of the approach the Scottish Government is taking in assessing options and in making policy choices – how the costs of inaction and the implications of this are assessed and accounted for (both financial and non- financial costs).
While it is the case that the Code of Conduct holds MSPs responsible for the behaviour of their staff, any investigation into a complaint about an MSP’s misconduct would establish the facts which would allow members to take any mitigating factors into account in coming to a decision on a sanction.
Auditors of the court
Auditors of the court are responsible for assessing the reasonableness of solicitors' accounts. This process is called "taxation".