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When any case is reported to the procurator fiscal and there is sufficient evidence, prosecutors will apply the principles that are set out in the published Scottish prosecution code. Prosecutors will exercise their professional judgment and will identify what prosecutorial action—if any—is in the public interest.
Just days after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its “code red for humanity”, the need for radical transformation of our economic and social systems could not be clearer.
About 500 organisations and individuals were formally consulted on the draft codes. A total of 41 organisations and individuals responded to the draft dog code and a further 32 responded to the draft cat code.
Why not empower the tenant farming commissioner to be able to enforce codes that they have drawn up when they inquire into situations and find that the codes have been breached?
On Professor Reay’s point—I defer to his knowledge—does the panel agree that there is an opportunity with the proposed agriculture bill that the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy has said he will introduce to deliver a half-way house between regulation and the voluntary code of practice? For example, to qualify for future support, farmers could have a...
Members will also note that the DPLR Committee is content with the aspect of the LCM that refers to masts and the communication code, which relates to our remit. Its concerns relate to the data-sharing aspect of the LCM.