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As statisticians in the Government, we work under the code of practice for official statistics, which sets very strict guidelines about how we produce our statistics and how and when we share them with colleagues and ministers.
My understanding is that the new badge has an identifier on the front, which is a coding that tells the authority the age and gender of the person who holds it.
If the committee or the Scottish Government decides to make representations to the UK Government about purdah being a statutory obligation, we should ask the powers that be at Westminster, perhaps through the Speaker, to ensure that during the period MPs abide by a code of conduct that is very similar to that which operates in the Scottish Parliament.
Some of our members highlighted that, because the ABPI has tightened up its code of conduct a bit, some organisations find it difficult to access information about a drug, such as a briefing or a patient leaflet about a trial, that is in plain language and which they can use as a basis for their submission.
Instead of today’s news becoming tomorrow’s chip paper, the risk is that today’s proceedings could become a virtual life sentence, whether the person is convicted or not.The broadcasting industry acknowledges some of that burden of responsibility. Its code of conduct says:“Broadcasters should try to reduce the potential distress to victims and/or relatives ...
That problem must be resolved, and I think that it must be resolved through the draft energy bill because I fear that Ofgem’s connection and use of system code process may not deliver what is needed.Despite the overall general welcome that it has received, aspects of the draft bill need further consideration.
We do not yet know the full details of the costings of individual projects, for example, or what the final outcome of the process will be, given that we have now passed that through to the connection and use of system code panel—an industry panel—so that it can consider the approaches that we have taken.We have given the panel strong instructions about deve...
However, after 10 years, we have rightly taken the opportunity, where appropriate, to modernise our interpretation code. Part 1 contains provisions that will apply only to the interpretation of future acts of the Scottish Parliament.