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Last week I received correspondence from Mark Ruskell MSP expressing concern that, in its written submission to the committee, SPT Marine Services—the applicant—did not inform the committee about a large oil spill incident in the Gulf of Mexico in 1995.
The Standards Committee is considering the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Bill with regard to its application to MSPs and ministers. We have made it clear that we think that MSPs should be included in the bill.I am looking for a volunteer.
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.
A declaration of future interests would apply only to current MSPs; once someone was no longer an MSP, the declaration's provisions would not apply to them.
The committee is the place to discuss it, because the committee is discussing the registrable interests of MSPs, with a view to ensuring maximum probity and integrity in all the business that MSPs conduct.
However, as in other applications, this group seems to be made up of more outside agencies than MSPs. We might bring that to the attention of the group, which may want to recruit more MSPs.