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::My question is for COSLA, but it is also relevant to the other witnesses.Often, the phrase “public service reform” is received by the workforce as code for cuts—nothing more sophisticated than that.
There is an open conversation: the Commonwealth games are listed as a category B event in Ofcom’s “Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events”, so there is a conversation about highlights to be had, as the highlights have to be on free-to-air television.
The fact that a lot of agricultural activities are handled through guidance such as the prevention of environmental pollution from agricultural activity—PEPFAA—code, rather than through permits, has created a slightly grey area.
The decision whether to prosecute is taken in accordance with the prosecution code, which is publicly available, and a decision is made as to what action is appropriate, taking the public interest into consideration.
Will you explain in more detail the appeals process, how often it is used and how you work towards the Scottish regulators’ strategic code of practice? I will start on that and let Michael Cameron go into some more detail.
It would be remiss of me not to point out to the committee the existence of Social Security Scotland’s “Code of Practice for Investigations”, chapter 3 of which sets out what a person should expect if they are being investigated.
Yes, absolutely and you will see a section for that in the CSP template in the code of practice. We are getting better at understanding that children have views and will express them if you give them the space to do that and if you respect the way in which they want to do it.
There could be a viva—an oral discussion—with the pupil about why they chose to make a certain argument and whether they thought about a certain issue. When students write code, I ask, “Why did you choose that design rather than this design?