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The operation and impact of the Lobbying Act therefore needs to be viewed within this broader framework which includes the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002; the Scottish Ministerial Code; the Civil Service Code; the Public Records (Scotland) Act 2011; the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006; the Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament and parliamentary questions.
The Procedures Committee is still fine tuning the details of the procedures for laying the draft code of practice and for reporting breaches of the code, as he reported to us at our last meeting.
The minister will be aware that there is a great deal of concern about the repeal of the code. The previous Minister for Education and Young People promised consultation on the matter.
Des McNulty, one of our local MSPs, has done a lot of work on ensuring that plenty local consultation is included in the code. Do you believe that the project would have gone ahead if the consultation code had been in place?
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.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are any plans to update the Scottish Ministerial Code. The Scottish Ministerial Code was first published in August 1999.