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Register for declaring the employment of members' close relatives published on-line

News Release issued by The Scottish Parliament on 27 November 2008

A new register detailing the employment by MSPs of close family members has been published today on the Scottish Parliament's website.

The move follows an independent review and a parliamentary debate earlier this year at Holyrood.

The register is a requirement of a new scheme introduced at the Parliament on 1 October 2008 for reimbursing Members for costs they incur in carrying out their parliamentary duties.

For the purposes of the scheme and the new register, a close family member is defined as:

a) a spouse, civil partner or co-habiting partner of the Member or
b) a parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece of the Member or of the spouse, civil partner or cohabiting partner of the Member.

The register is available at:

http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/msp/MSPAllowances/pdfs/FamilyMembersRegister.pdf

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