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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.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 August 2002
To ask the Scottish Executive which appointments were referred to in page 8 of the Commissioner for Public Appointments's Seventh Report 2001-2002 "where the Executive had failed to follow the Code of Practice in several key respects."
The thing that we would like to be included in the bill would facilitate good use of the code, so we would be able to see how the code could be changed in the future.
I welcome that announcement and the code of practice. Does the minister agree that it is important that we continue to consult tenants to ensure that they shape and inform transfer proposals?
We need a clear code of practice on that also. But it is not just about having a clear code of practice in those areas; it is about involving the customers in the production of that code of practice.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 March 2004
All NHS board members areexpected to comply with a Code of Conduct, which has been approved by the Scottish ministers, and which has been based on a standard Model Code ofConduct.