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Section 75—Duty to co-operate Amendment 3 moved—Iain Smith—and agreed to. Section 76—Code of practice about child protection information Amendment 4 moved—Iain Smith—and agreed to.
People do not ask for unreasonable measures, but they cannot rely on a draft code of construction practice or the generic supporting documents as a basis for withdrawing objections—they want specific matters to be dealt with.
Regulation can be bad or good, but it is sometimes necessary. If a voluntary code is not working, we might need to consider regulation or statutory intervention.
Such people can make tough decisions as quickly as possible, solve problems, resolve intricate conflicts and understand the value of a code of ethics.I will not tell too many anecdotes, but a lovely one highlights the kind of coaching that we ask such people to undertake.
In a sense, that would strengthen a commitment that exists in the code of conduct.I suggest that, having discussed the equality framework document, we add a new paragraph after paragraph 184.
It is encouraging to note that the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 introduces a statutory code of practice that requires Scottish Water to consult local communities.
The final question is, that motion S1M-2572, in the name of Mike Rumbles, on behalf of the Standards Committee, on rules on cross-party groups in the code of conduct, be agreed to. Motion agreed to.
We are doing that in general terms through the publication of the prosecution code. When replying to letters from MSPs, I now send them copies of the prosecution code, which will, I hope, help them to understand the general principles that are applied when decisions are made.