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Like Leon Thompson and Paul Mitchell’s sectors, our sector is very well aware of the net zero targets. We are looking at list of waste codes, green coding and the impact that AI will have, certainly when we look at our data centres.
If the bill could include some provisions on data on reuse and remanufacturing, that could be really effective, given that our standard industry codes do not capture that at present.
We have received apologies from Peter Peacock—I am sorry that he is not here.Item 1 is a decision on whether to take in private item 2, which is consideration of a draft report on the “Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland”.
I welcome to the meeting Alex Johnstone as a new member of the committee and, in accordance with section 3 of the code of conduct, invite him to declare any interests that might be relevant to the committee’s remit.
Public Contracts and Utilities Contracts (Common Procurement Vocabulary Codes) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2008 (SSI 2008/291) Item 2 is consideration of a negative instrument.
Amendment 28 should be resisted and I do not support it.I turn to the amendments in the name of Liam McArthur on the code of practice. I am aware that there is some anxiety about what the code might cover.