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That would be a sad thing and I do not think that many people want it.The Scottish Executive will be held to account to ensure that the voluntary code is kept to. I do not doubt the genuine reassurances that the Minister for Justice has given us this morning about how we will proceed if people do not adhere to the code.
That is a fact—some people will not disinfect their equipment or pay any attention to the rules and will just break any codes that exist.A number of voluntary codes are already in practice.
There was indeed a submission on how staff are dealt with, but staff have their own code. The question of families and spouses permeates the current code.
Given that we will be considering the draft code of guidance, I suspect that there will be a little time in which we will be able to do something about it.
I am now walking in a landscape that I do not know, but I would suggest that we add the question of consultation to the list of strategic issues that we might wish to discuss at some future date. The Executive has codes of accepted practice that determine when and how it consults, but that is not the same as statutory consultation.
Was John Rafferty sacked for lying to the press and the public, was he sacked for a breach of the civil service code or was there some other reason why, after a week of dithering, the First Minister withdrew his support from Mr Rafferty?