The 2008 version introduced changes that specifically prohibited ministers from making misleading statements in the Parliament chamber.
[4] Ministerial parliamentary aides were originally not able to sit on committees that provided scrutiny of their Minister.
In August 2016[6] A requirement was introduced for PLOs to declare this on the first occasion that they took part in parliamentary business within the remit of their Cabinet Secretary.
[8] In 2008 an independent Panel was created to review any concerns, with former Presiding Officers Lord David Steel and George Reid appointed.
David Bell was appointed in October 2012, then in 2013 James Hamilton, a former director of public prosecutions on Ireland.