LORD MCCONNELL PRESSED ON HOLYROOD ROLE

LORD MCCONNELL PRESSED ON HOLYROOD ROLE

DOUBLE JOB GOES AGAINST KELLY RECOMMENDATIONS

SNP MSP for Central Scotland Christina McKelvie, has called on Jack
McConnell to confirm that he will not stand as a candidate in forthcoming
Holyrood election after he was ennobled this afternoon.

Ms McKelvie said it went against the spirit of the Kelly recommendations
on Standards in Public Life which call for the phasing out of dual
mandates by 2011.

Commenting, Christina McKelvie said:

“Jack McConnell’s constituents in Motherwell and Wishaw don’t know if
their MSP is coming or going. First, he was to be made High Commissioner
of Malawi, and now he’s off to the Lords!

“Jack McConnell’s decision to remain at Holyrood whilst enjoying all the
perks of a peerage goes against the spirit of the Kelly recommendations,
and he should confirm his intentions for the forthcoming Scottish
Parliament election immediately.”