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The Standards Commission is an independent body whose purpose is to encourage high ethical standards in public life through the promotion and enforcement of Codes of Conduct for councillors and those appointed to the boards of devolved public bodies.
Proposed Changes to Ethical Standards Legislation
26th September 2024
The Standards Commission and the Ethical Standards Commissioner have today written jointly to Shona Robison MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government and Ivan McKee MSP, Minister for Public Finance, outlining their proposed changes to the current ethical standards legislation.
These changes have been proposed in order to enhance and improve the ethical standards framework. This is with a view to:
1. promoting high ethical standards and improvements in conduct;
2. providing public assurance that the framework is achieving its intended objectives, and
3. addressing issues that were not anticipated during the development of the legislation.
A copy of the letter can be downloaded from here.
A copy of the document outlining the proposed changes can be downloaded from here.
Today's letter follows the completion of a consultation exercise on 30 August 2024. You can access the consultation document from the Consultation page of the Standards Commission's website, here: https://www.standardscommissionscotland.org.uk/guidance/consultation-documents
