Oral QuestionScotland Office

What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Scottish Government’s publication entitled Scotland’s Right to Choose.

Tabled: 20 December 2019Answered: 8 January 2020

Asked by

Chris Law

Scottish National PartyDundee Central

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Scotland

Answer from Hansard

The Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office (Nick Thomas-Symonds)

The sleaze of the previous Government eroded trust in politics and the public’s belief in our political system. The Prime Minister’s commitment to upholding the highest standards of integrity in public life is clear. He met the independent adviser on Ministers’ interests on his first day in office. This Government are committed to ensuring high standards, including by establishing an ethics and integrity commission, reforming the business appointment rules and appropriately empowering the independent adviser on Ministers’ interests.