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A key part of the project that we will get into more fundamentally during 2026, following the consultation on the code and after we hear the views of the Parliament and others, is the procurement of audit services once the code is settled.
We have a standard approach when we develop codes of practice: we draft a code internally, seek views from stakeholders, review the draft code, amend it as appropriate and ensure that it is in plain English.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects that a biodiversity code, which mirrors the woodland and peatland codes, will be (a) drafted, (b) consulted on and (c) ready for implementation.
The complaint is that Peter Chapman may have breached the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament” by failing to disclose his shareholding in ANM Group when making representations on the company’s behalf to members of Aberdeenshire Council’s Garioch area committee.
Household Waste and Recycling (Statutory Code of Practice) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of a new statutory code of practice for household waste and recycling.