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These are the following complaints listed in paragraph 6 of Section 9 of the Code:
(c) Complaints about a Member’s use of the Reimbursement of Members’ Expenses Scheme.
The new Scottish Ministerial Code . Retrieved from https://spice-spotlight.scot/2025/01/21/the-new-scottish-ministerial-code/ [accessed 19 March 2025]
The Scottish Information Commissioner performance intervention, at the time of writing, is ongoing.9Scottish Information Commissioner. (2024).
The purpose of the first two orders is to bring into force the revised codes for covert surveillance and property interference and covert human intelligence sources and to revoke the existing codes.
It made no recommendations but noted that the original draft of this instrument, which was laid on 4 December 2025, was withdrawn and the present version was re-laid to enable a draft Code to be provided to the lead committee to aid its scrutiny of the draft instrument.
In his written representations, and in the course of his in-person representations to the Committee, Mr Matheson set out matters for the Committee’s consideration in determining whether or not to recommend any sanctions further to the SPCB’s findings of breaches of the Code.
Decision on taking business in private, Committee Substitutes, Future parliamentary procedures and practices, Code of Conduct Rule Changes, Correspondence.
This change would mean that complaints about MSPs' own staff would henceforth be treated as though they had always been covered by the Code of Conduct in relation to complaints about sexual harassment.
The Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland investigated the complaint and found that Annie Wells had breached paragraphs 12, 15 and 16 of Section 7 of the Code of Conduct for MSPs .
Annexe B to this report containing the Commissioner's full report and appendices is incorporated in and forms part of this report.
No points arising
Local Government and Communities
Code of Conduct for Councillors (SG/2018/65)
Rural Economy and Connectivity
Plant Health (Scotland) Amendment Order 2018 (SSI 2018/112)