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However, the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers has agreed a code of practice which states that while recognising service needs local authorities should be providing opportunities for teachers to gain secure employment.
Complications arise where there is more than one laboratory, as different places might code information differently. Those coding systems are coming together now, which should make the process easier.
I thank them for their work, the respondents for their contributions to the consultation and my fellow committee members for their efforts.No procedures, regulations or code can be perfect, which is why it is only proper that we keep the code by which all of us abide under regular review.
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Date answered:
10 March 2011
All Ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Scottish Ministerial Code and with a view to securing the best possible price for travel and accommodation.