Duty of Disclosure Legislation
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry · Edinburgh Tram Inquiry Report · Issued 12 September 2023 · Addressed to: Scottish Government
Source — verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
Scottish Ministers should consider the need for legislation to impose a similar duty of disclosure to that owed by policyholders to their insurers upon a company, its directors, employees or consultants and upon a local authority and its officials towards representatives of OGC or Audit Scotland undertaking any review of a publicly funded project.
Edinburgh Tram Inquiry, Edinburgh Tram Inquiry Report · 12 Sep 2023 Source PDF →
Published evidence summary
Publicly available evidence relating to this recommendation:
- No published decision on whether to introduce legislation imposing a duty of disclosure upon companies, directors, and local authority officials towards audit and review bodies has been identified to March 2026.
Sources
Response — verbatim from government
●Scottish Government
The Scottish Government stated it is 'giving careful consideration' to recommendations about provisions for misleading evidence. Source: Transport Secretary Statement, 2 November 2023.
Scottish Government · 2 Nov 2023 Written response →
Evidence trail — what's actually happened since
No published activity has been recorded against this recommendation yet.
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