Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner
The Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner was the independent watchdog that dealt with complaints about Member of the Scottish Parliaments between 2002 and 2010.
History
[edit]The role was created by the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Act 2002. Following an open recruitment process, Dr Jim Dyer was appointed as the first Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, from April 2003.[1] The role involved 5–10 days of work a month and the commissioner had no staff.[2] Dyer served two three-year terms.[3] As commissioner he ruled that Wendy Alexander had broken Parliamentary rules about registering donations.[4] In 2009 Dyer was succeeded by Stuart Allan.[5]
The Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 transferred the powers to the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland. The post was abolished by The Public Services Reform (Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland etc.) Order 2013 (Scottish Statutory Instrument 2013/197).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Standards Committee. 2nd Report 2003". Scottish Parliament. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Holyrood moves to put the brakes on tsar, tsars galore". The Scotsman. 3 June 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Dyer: watchdog independence 'crucial'". The Herald. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "MSPs "responding to public demands for transparency": Commissioner". The Journal. Law Society of Scotland. 30 March 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Parliament appoints new watchdog". The Journal. Law Society of Scotland. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland" (PDF). www.ethicalstandards.org.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 9 May 2018.