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Does she therefore agree that the £5 child benefit top-up that Labour has been calling for would make a big difference to many families, including families who are in receipt of universal credit? That is why we are currently working on an income supplement, as Elaine Smith knows.
I will monitor that aspect of the code’s implementation and report to the committee on progress against it, particularly in respect of appointment rounds that fail to deliver a successful outcome.
We have a standard approach when we develop codes of practice: we draft a code internally, seek views from stakeholders, review the draft code, amend it as appropriate and ensure that it is in plain English.
The complaint is that Peter Chapman may have breached the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament” by failing to disclose his shareholding in ANM Group when making representations on the company’s behalf to members of Aberdeenshire Council’s Garioch area committee.
Those improvements were taken forward in collaboration with the RCN and further work is planned to review the full package of support for those in receipt of the nursing, midwifery and paramedic student bursary.
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Date answered:
20 March 2023
Fuel poor households self-reporting receipt of CWP Year Total Fuel poor households 000's Of which received CWP 000’s Percentage receiving CWP 2018 619 62 10.1% 2019 613 63 10.2% S6W-15551
There are “Certain positions of control in companies in receipt of Government grants and funds, to which Ministers usually, though not necessarily, make appointments” and “offices imposing duties which with regard to time and place would prevent their holders from fulfilling Parliamentary duties” —in effect, it is felt that they would have too much on t...
Therefore, if a member is alone with somebody or has unscrupulous contact with a person, that will be dealt with through the code of conduct only if the code is breached.