"Salmon Addition" Report on the malfeasance in Government/Governance relating to a children matter

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On 5th July 2019 the following was presented to the Governor as a Petition of Redress of Grievence – THE HUMBLE PETITION of:Dorothy Salmon and Philip Salmon of 54 Duke Street, Douglas SHEWETH THAT:In March 2009 the Isle of Man Government updated the Code of Conduct for Public Servants; that publication was issued out of the Office of Human Resources. This Code defines the minimum standards of conduct that members of staff are expected to observe when carrying out their official duties. It is intended to complement any codes already in place through employing authorities and any professional or ethical codes. It also gives individual employers across Government the opportunity to develop and implement more detailed, job specific codes of conduct. Employing authorities have a duty to make public servants aware of this Code and its principles and in line with the requirements of the Isle of Man Government Principles of Corporate Governance and Code of Conduct to put in place arrangements to ensure compliance with formal codes of conduct defining standards of personal behaviour. The Code was originally developed by the then Personnel Office in conjunction with a working group comprising representatives from across Government, with the support of the Chief Officers’ Group and the then Civil Service Commission, and the endorsement of the Council of Ministers. The Code applies to all public servants and defines the minimum standards of conduct that members of staff are expected to observe when carrying out their official duties The Code is effective from 1st April 2009. The Code of Conduct for Public Servants is intended to be read in association with the Staff Guidance Note on Conflicts of Interest approved by the Council of Ministers April 2007 the importance of these two measures for the regulation of the interaction of the public with public servants is beyond question, they are the foundation upon which the integrity of public service stands. As a direct consequence of the Sir Jonathan Michaels Report to the Tynwald together with the recent reports from Select Committees to the House of Keys and Tynwald which have specifically made mention of the conduct of public servants, coupled with our own recent experiences of dealings with Government Departments we say is highly persuasive of persistent and systematic failures of the Code to regulate the conduct of public servants in Government of the Isle of Man Wherefore your Petitioners seeks that:A Committee of three Members be appointed with powers to lake written and oral evidence pursuant to sections 3 and 4 of the Tynwald Proceedings Act 1876, as amended, to consider and report back to Tynwald on the fitness for purpose of the Code of Conduct for Public Servants and any remedies which it considers to be appropriate. Signed by:[Signed by Dorothy Salmon]

[Signed by Philip Salmon]

Dorothy Salmon Mrs.

Philip Salmon.

[emboldened phrase in the “remedy” added by me, G. Stephen Holmes, B.Sc.]

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