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We should also bear in mind the fact that legal advice is often taken on such matters and that it is a feature of our code that the content of legal advice is not commented on.
We appreciate that the cattle movement system is complex, it involves high numbers, every animal is individually identified with a 12 digit code, and they all have their own documents.
It is a sad list: national insurance number, which was given at birth, tax code number, passport data, council tax code, road tax data, television licence, car licence, electoral database, census information and even my pensioner's pass.
I understand that it is also intended that the code of practice will provide, as far as possible, that the witness statement must contain the witness’s actual words, and that the witness must be given an opportunity to sign it and to make any amendments that he wishes to make.
I also thank him for—I hope—understanding that although I normally adhere to the dress code in the chamber, I have chosen tonight to wear a T-shirt that signifies the sing campaign, which attempts to reduce the stigma that is associated with HIV/AIDS and shows solidarity with people who suffer from the condition, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa.Annie Len...
Given the persistence of the gender pay gap and the fact that the statutory code of practice on equal pay recommends equal pay audits as"the most appropriate method of ensuring that a pay system delivers pay free from sex bias",why does the UK Government not include a requirement for all employers to conduct equal pay audits in the bill?
That would be helped by changing wider social attitudes that stress the importance to children of both the parents, grandparents and other extended family; by using the grandparents code, which was touched on earlier, and which was developed during the previous parliamentary session; by couple counselling and by family mediation.