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All appointments are regulated under the Public Appointments Commissioner for Scotland: Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland (“the Code”).
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
Schemes range in geographic reach from Global schemes (GLOBAL G.A.P), to Scottish specific (Code of Good Practice for Scottish Finfish Aquaculture, which all members of the SSPO sign up to) and even retailer specific (Marks and Spencer PLC Lochmuir).
Recommendation
The Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee recommends to the Parliament that the Code of Practice for the Welfare of Laying Hens (Revocation) (Scotland) Notice 2020 be approved.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
24 April 2025
The Ethical Standards Commissioner regulates this area and their Code of Practice for Public Appointments (the ‘Code’) and associated Code Guidance (both 2022) set out the position relating to political activity.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 August 2021
Scottish Government are currently working with COSLA and SOLACE to complete the review of the Code Of Practice. A consultation on proposed changes is planned for the autumn.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
27 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates that the UK Government's decision to raise employer national insurance contributions will have on organisations in the culture sector that are in receipt of Scottish Government funding.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
8 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support it can provide to people undertaking managed quarantine at Scottish airports who are unable to afford the costs but not in receipt of any welfare benefits. S6O-00161
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish a new edition of the Scottish Ministerial Code. A new edition of the Scottish Ministerial Code was published on 20 July 2023 and is available here: https://www.gov.scot/isbn/9781835210567 .
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2026
Annexe C: Written responses
Read the responses to proposed changes to Section 6 of the Code of Conduct in relation to the establishment and operation of Cross-Party Groups.
It involved chaotic filing; a stash of documents, from passports to credit cards and receipts; officers being sent to buy an incinerator and petrol; and documents taken to wasteland on the other side of the river to be disposed of before being burned in a car park.