Petitioner: Fiona McBride
Status:
Closed
Date Lodged:
27 November 2019
Calling on the Scottish Parliament and the Scottish Government to ensure that effective measures are introduced, which secure accountability of all Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) and Scottish Government Agencies: for misuse and abuse of both Parliamentary privilege, and conferred authority; assigned to individuals in positions of trust.
• To stem abuses of power: under the suggested compensation scheme, public entities should not be permitted to refuse to settle those parts of a complaint which have been accepted by both sides. Public entities may not use the strength of the public purse to drag out litigation.
• Potential conflicts of interest of legal advisers (declared and undeclared) to be made open to public scrutiny. Failures to disclose potential conflicts of interest are investigated by an entity independent of the Scottish Government and related public agencies. Perhaps such investigation made a responsibility of an introduced supranational organisation. Results of any such investigations to be made easily accessible; in order to encourage public scrutiny.