Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 18 March 2021
The report recommends that Parliament agree a change to the code of conduct for MSPs relating to the threshold for the registration of gifts. The gifts threshold is dictated by the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006, and is expressed as a percentage of a member’s salary at the start of each parliamentary session. Section 2 of the code of conduct contains detailed information to guide members when registering their interest. Section 2 currently makes several references to a £300 threshold, which will become £320 for session 6.
I move,
That the Parliament notes the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee’s 5th Report 2021 (Session 5), Code of Conduct — Register of Interests — Gifts Threshold (SP Paper 972), and agrees that the proposed changes come into effect on 6 May 2021.