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It says:"The Executive is working closely with Whitehall to ensure an acceptable result for Scotland."That is unclear, but seems to suggest that a Scottish Executive minister will not be present.
It says:"The Executive is working closely with Whitehall to ensure an acceptable result for Scotland."That is unclear, but seems to suggest that a Scottish Executive minister will not be present.
Although that might be a deficiency in the Scotland Act 1998, the position is that the SPCB is responsible for the Parliament and has its own statutory status.
When talking about this, we need to be clear that the Standards Committee is one of the mandatory committees mentioned in the Scotland Act 1998, which set up this Parliament.