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Jess Findlay mentioned our proposal for the humane cable restraints code. We are talking about a statutory code of practice that land managers will have to have regard to when they are using any sort of HCR.
A member should not, in relation to contact with any person or organisation who lobbies, do anything which contravenes this Code of Conduct (the Code) or any other relevant rule of the Parliament or any statutory provision.
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One document was withdrawn and re-laid during this period:
Draft Code of Practice: The Non-Party Campaigner Campaign Expenditure (Scottish Parliament Elections) Code of Practice 2025 (withdrawn on 5 November 2025, re-laid on 10 November 2025) (Committee report of 23 September 2025).
In February 2020 the Committee considered an annual monitoring report on Groups' compliance with the Code of Conduct. The Committee agreed to take no action against any Groups who had breached the Code of Conduct due to the restrictions caused by the Coronavirus.
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2022
It will not be agreed to by UK ministers at this stage, but we have some assurances around that, which we are willing to accept. A draft code of conduct is not the same as a final code of conduct.
Specifically on whether you can amend and add to the code, section 7(4) of the bill, which is on the effect of the code, allows for the Scottish ministers “to add a person or description of person” to the persons that the code has an effect upon.