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I know that a brief for research cannot be drawn up across a committee table, but the petition is clear about breaches of what seems to be a voluntary code. That code is simply not working.
It was taken by the chief statistician under the UK code of statistics. I am sure that the convener, as a former minister, will confirm that, on such occasions, we are not even consulted.
Before we start, I ask members to turn off any mobile phones and pagers, as they interfere with the sound system.No apologies have been received.In accordance with section 3 of the members' code of conduct, I invite new members to declare any interests that are relevant to the committee's remit.
I am curious about where there are clear assigned responsibilities for who is supposed to oversee certain aspects of food supply—for example, there is the groceries code adjudicator. I am thinking about how much power lies with the supermarkets in the sense of what is actually going through processing down to abattoir level.
Commissioners, staff and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body have committed to the recommendations and onward change programme set out in the governance review, and the SPCB has shown its confidence by resourcing our next steps in that regard. The commissioner code of conduct and code of governance have been fo...
Committees should also be vigilant in relation to subordinate legislation which itself delegates key detail about its operation to guidance or codes without drafts of these being made available for scrutiny with the instrument.