BIOA : Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner

investigates complaints that an MSP has breached the Code of Conduct for MSPs. He does this independently of Parliament and reports his findings to Parliament, but within a set of rules laid down in the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002. The Code of Conduct is published on the Parliament website www.scottish.parliament.uk on MSP page. Breaches of the Code cover things like not being accessible enough to constituents, not making known private interests that might conflict with work as an MSP, accepting rewards in return for promoting particular issues and giving favoured access to people who use lobbying firms.

Jurisdiction: Scotland
Category: Government
BIOA Membership Type: Associate, Complaint-Handling Body
Address: The Scottish Parliament, , Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
Tel: 0131 348 6666
Fax: 0131 348 6834
Email: standards.commissioner@scottish.parliament.uk
Web: www.spsc.co.uk

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