To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its publication, Scottish Parliament By-Election, Aberdeen Donside, 20 June 2013: Guidance on conduct for Scottish Government civil servants, which referred to “the period of sensitivity preceding Scottish Government by-elections", for what reason the First Minister's letter to the Chief Executive of Aberdeen City Council dated 6 August 2013 stated that "there is no such thing as a 'purdah' rule for by-elections.”