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I suggest that we also take in private item 5, to allow us to discuss the selection of witnesses for our review of the code of conduct for MSPs. Are members agreed?
If the committee decides not to proceed with an investigation, it might be worth—given what members have said—writing to the Standards Committee about the effectiveness or otherwise of the code of conduct in respect of leaks. It appears from what members have said that they are not satisfied that the code of conduct ...
Members indicated agreement. Section 2 is on the code of practice. Members will remember that we endorsed the commitment to consult on the code of practice.
The reputation of the Parliament depends on a code of conduct for MSPs. We must be able to produce that code of conduct, and the committee has indicated that it wants to do that work.
If we do not have that information, which precedes the code of practice, it will be impossible to work out whether the code of practice, once it has been adopted, has made a difference.
Other than the initial workload of assessing and approving the draft code, the workload—which will consist of dealing with breaches of the code—will not be huge.
Draft Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock: Laying Hens(SE 2002/100)Draft Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock: Meat Chickens and Breeding Chickens(SE 2002/101) The draft codes are not statutory instruments.