What plans it has to require local authority councillors to declare all outside earnings and interests and what the reasons are for its pos…

A statutory Code of Conduct for Councillors will come into effect later this year. The code sets out the financial and non-financial interests which must be registered and declared by councillors. The code was prepared by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, at the request of Scottish ministers, as part of the framework introduced by the Ethical Standards in Public Life etc (Scotland) Act 2000 and was approved by the Scottish Parliament in December last year together with a model Code of Conduct for members of devolved public bodies.