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Yes, but special interest groups also inform MSPs who attend their meetings. If MSPs then want to do something with that information that is perfectly valid.
The committee has a duty to identify the framework with which we expect MSPs to comply, so that members of the public can access information that might well have an effect on decisions that MSPs take about the issues that they choose to pursue.
I would welcome Mark Richards's comments on how substantial the test is as it applies to MSPs. How would it be interpreted by a court, rather than just by other MSPs?
Mr Craig's complaint is that, in taking up the case, Mr Morrison breached the code of conduct for MSPs when he used Mr Craig's name in correspondence to the chairman of Western Isles NHS Board.
We know that the view that is taken by the press—that MSPs treat the recess as a holiday—is a fallacy but, just as MSPs take holidays during recesses, particularly the summer, so do Executive staff.
John Fairley spoke about concerns in 11 councils about list MSPs. What concerns did they have about list MSPs that were different from their concerns about constituency MSPs?