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Policy statements are significant and there ought to be some kind of code so that strategy and policy statements undergo a consistent and recognisable form of parliamentary procedure.It is easy to say that, but it is much harder to say what should be done in this instance.
We have raised the matter on the committee's behalf with the Standards Committee, which is examining the code of conduct and so on. However, the nub of the problem is the interpretation of the order.
We have raised the matter on the committee's behalf with the Standards Committee, which is examining the code of conduct and so on. However, the nub of the problem is the interpretation of the order.
We will give guidance on that provision in the code of practice. Moreover, I am happy to undertake that we will take account of the points that members have made this morning when we prepare the code.
I hope that the minister will address that in her speech. Codes of practice and guidance must be given for all voluntary groups so that, for example, they know how to elicit more information from candidates.
That guidance includes the accounting standards that are set by the Accounting Standards Board and, in particular, the code of practice on local authority accounting.
That procedure is recognised in the draft code of practice on ministerial appointments to public bodies in Scotland, which is due to come into force in April.The draft code also proposes that the existing 10-year limit on the tenure of appointments should be removed.