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It has been suggested that one way of fleshing out the code without making the primary legislation more cumbersome and restrictive is to include a requirement in the bill for the draft code of practice to be laid before Parliament under the affirmative procedure, as for the animal welfare code.
Code of Conduct Item 2 is the review of the code of conduct for MSPs, which will take us a step further than the Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Members' Interests) Order 1999.
My next point is about whether lobbyists, as well as MSPs, should have a code of conduct. There is a strong case for making absolutely certain that lobbyists have such a code.
At stage 1 the committee was exercised by the potential for review of the code of practice. We were concerned that the code should promote best practice, rather than provide a lowest common denominator.