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I move, That the Parliament agrees, under section 8 of the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000, to appoint Helen Donaldson and Anne-Marie O’Hara as Members of the Standards Commission for Scotland.
It was actually the SPA that requested that Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary in Scotland carry out its review. You are right to say that there were a number of significant issues.
We last considered the petition at our meeting on 17 May last year, when we agreed to write to Universities Scotland, the Scottish Government, the Commissioner for Fair Access and individual universities in Scotland.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 December 2015
With the passage of the Act in February 2014, the members of the board (including Police Scotland, National Parent Forum Scotland, local authorities, the NHS, Care Inspectorate and COSLA) agreed that the board should be dissolved in September 2014.
Cabinet secretary, are you at least willing to recognise the reality that the financial position that Scotland’s councils have been put in for 2025-26 is extremely challenging?