Section 7.15. A Lobbying Commission will secure transparency between elected representatives & public servants and all privately owned commercial, financial and advisory bodies. Entities conducting business in Scotland which enjoy rights, freedoms and protections under this Constitution are equally bound to observe their financial and moral obligations whether specified or implied. Parliament shall be alert to these principles when drafting the legislation requiring formal registration of all such special interest groups.
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Section 7.15. Section 7.15. A Lobbying Commission will secure transparency between elected representatives & public servants and all privately owned commercial, financial and advisory bodies. Entities conducting business in Scotland which enjoy rights, freedoms and protections under this Constitution are equally bound to observe their financial and moral obligations whether specified or implied. Parliament shall be alert to these principles when drafting the legislation requiring formal registration of all such special interest groups.
Section 7.15. Elected representatives and public servants shall not be, in the conduct of duties and roles, allowed to lobby on behalf of any commercial, financial or advisory during the course of their tenure position and for a period of ten years after leaving their duty or role. Should there be an attempt to do so then disciplinary and/ or legal proceedings are to follow discovery of this breach of rule.
Proposed Amendments to Section
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Original Version
Section 7.15. Section 7.15. A Lobbying Commission will secure transparency between elected representatives & public servants and all privately owned commercial, financial and advisory bodies. Entities conducting business in Scotland which enjoy rights, freedoms and protections under this Constitution are equally bound to observe their financial and moral obligations whether specified or implied. Parliament shall be alert to these principles when drafting the legislation requiring formal registration of all such special interest groups.
Proposed Amendment to Section 7.15.
Lobbying exclusions
Section 7.15. Elected representatives and public servants shall not be, in the conduct of duties and roles, allowed to lobby on behalf of any commercial, financial or advisory during the course of their tenure position and for a period of ten years after leaving their duty or role. Should there be an attempt to do so then disciplinary and/ or legal proceedings are to follow discovery of this breach of rule.