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Do members agree to take in private item 4, which relates to our inquiry into section 7 of the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament”?
Although constitutional issues crop up in relation to local government finance and the Scottish tax code, as it will emerge to be in the future, I would like to focus on the Scottish tax code aspects.We have heard a lot about Lindsay Scott’s magisterial—if I might call it that—survey and why the taxpayer should be in...
Strengthening monitoring powers supports Scotland’s obligations under the non-native species code of practice and the precautionary approach that is embedded in biodiversity law.
It places a duty on the Electoral Commission to produce a statutory code of practice on the application of expenditure controls for third-party campaigners.
Local authorities must have regard to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy prudential code, which requires borrowing to be “affordable, prudent and sustainable”.
Is he regarded, from a management perspective, as a civil servant, and is he subject to the civil service code? I cannot give that detailed information, because that is an operational matter for the civil service, not for ministers.