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Given that, the committee feels that in this case it would not be appropriate to apply a further sanction under rule 10.3 of the code of conduct.That concludes the committee's statement.
Members indicated agreement.Code of Conduct Code of Conduct Item 2 is the changes to the "Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament" that we considered at our previous meeting.
That means that there should be a change to the code of conduct. I am not sure that we should have a debate in the chamber on that alone, as that would mean taking parliamentary time to make one change to the code.
At our previous meeting, we considered a paper on the current categories of registrable interests. When we drafted the code of conduct, we agreed to revisit some of the consultative steering group's recommendations on the code.
It is important to stress that, at this stage, the code is a draft code. Once the bill passes through the Parliament, SNH will have a new duty to prepare and consult on a code.
I think that the Executive said that the interim code would be introduced with the act, but the question is whether the interim code might become a permanent code de facto, because a permanent code is never created.
The code is being drafted in close consultation with Whitehall, where the Electoral Administration Bill is currently being considered and in respect of which a similar code is being drawn up.