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Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
Was it the intention to include the dwelling house?
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Interests
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
Good morning and welcome to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s fourth meeting in session 6.
Members and witnesses who are joining us via BlueJeans, please remember to type R in the chat function each time you wish to come in on a question or point.
Agenda item 1 is to welcome Tess White, who joins us on the committee, and to invite her to declare any relevant interests.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
I will press you on that. You do not know where the figure came from or how it was originally calculated, but it is used in the codes for councillors and MSPs.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
I understand how it was developed and that it reflects the councillors’ code of conduct. I just wonder whether the question of whether a dwelling house would be covered was considered or whether it was not thought about at the time—I do not mean that in a disrespectful way. Ian Thomson, was it intended that a dwelling house would be caught by that drafting, or was it thought about and the answer was no and it is not caught by the drafting?
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Interests
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
Thank you. Your declaration has been noted.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Cross-Party Groups
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
Will the formation of a CPG give groups and individuals the confidence to share with you evidence that they do not feel able to share at the minute with other organisations, including the Government?
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
That would be helpful, Tom. If you and those who answer to you are unable to ascertain why that figure has been identified, it would be interesting to hear that as well.
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
So you seek clarity not necessarily on why the figure appears in the code but on why it was adopted in the codes for MSPs and councillors in the first place and then reflected in this code. Tom, I am not sure whether anyone with you can answer that, but will you undertake to identify for us where the figure came from?
09:30Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
Minister, do you wish to make any closing remarks?
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee
Subordinate Legislation
Meeting date: 7 October 2021
Martin Whitfield
There will be a division.
For
Doris, Bob (Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn) (SNP)
McLennan, Paul (East Lothian) (SNP)
Whitfield, Martin (South Scotland) (Lab)
Abstentions
Mountain, Edward (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
White, Tess (North East Scotland) (Con)
