Meeting of the Parliament 22 March 2016
The whole issue surrounding the transparency and accountability of the counter-corruption unit has raised questions about how easy it is for police officers with legitimate concerns to report those concerns in confidence. The public generally recognise that activity as whistleblowing. For the person who makes a disclosure to be covered by the definition of whistleblowing, they must believe two things. First, they must believe that they are acting in the public interest. Secondly, they must reasonably believe that the disclosure tends to show past, present or likely future wrongdoing. Does the cabinet secretary still support that definition? What action will he take to ensure that the SPA’s monitoring of police officers’ ability to take advantage of whistleblowing procedures is robust?