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I do not know whether the Lord Advocate mentioned it today, but there is a prosecution code that prosecutors work to, and no case should be taken without sufficient evidence.
A number of changes have been made to the code of practice, and I am not sure that this committee can add anything to the explanations that we have received.
Since 1990, emissions from industry have fallen sharply, but not because we have cracked the code of industrial decarbonisation. The primary reason for that is that, all too often, plants such as steelworks and paper mills have been closed.
It would not do us any favours if I got into all that and skirted too close to breaking the ministerial code. When we look at energy generation, which is key for electricity generation, will the energy strategy be released before or after the climate change plan?
Parliament could oblige the commissioner to consult the wider commission on any guidance that they are going to issue, any decisions or recommendations that they are proposing to make or any codes of practice that they are intending to issue.