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At the moment, Ofcom is doing work on the electronics communications code about how easy it is for operators to access land and buildings to site masts.
However, admissions practitioners and those who are responsible for making decisions very much look to ensure that there is fair practice for all applicants. There is a code of practice to ensure that all applications that are received on time via UCAS are treated equally and given the same consideration.
I have been directly involved in trying to pull the figures together, and I can say that there are challenges—including in transport—but things like changing finance codes are helping us to report more effectively and get to the right place.
That is because the point at which a hearing is convened and a chair is in conversation with a child is far too late for a child to be informed for the first time about the availability of advocacy—that should have already happened, as is recognised in the code of practice that underpins the scheme, which has run successfully for the past five years.
I am aware that the Scottish Government is working with universities and Universities Scotland to look at practice and codes in that area, but I am keen to see what can be done through legislation to set out a statutory right to and responsibility for such a charter.
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.
As I think we have said in previous evidence, it is time to look at the MSPs’ code of conduct and the ministerial code in this context, because I do not think that they have been reviewed for a while.
If this subsequent admission occurred within seven days of the date of discharge for the previous hospital stay and was coded as an emergency admission, it was selected as a relevant readmission.