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We will establish a tribunal system that makes good decisions and that promotes the participation of users and carers. We will develop guidance and a code of practice on the bill to help professionals to deliver quality care.
The outcome might be a semi-voluntary approach or a legal obligation to adhere to voluntary codes of conduct, as Gordon Mann suggested, which would be neither a huge new layer of bureaucracy nor a completely bottom-up voluntary process, but would probably fall somewhere in the middle.
We have taken account of many of those things. So far, we have used the codes of practice in relation to the spatial design of the station, but as we go forward the codes will be used more to inform our detailed design phases.
A person must not fail to"take such steps as are reasonable"and an animal's needs must be"met to the extent required by good practice",which, I have no doubt, depends on the codes that will emerge. Offences include acts that are undertaken without reasonable excuse.
The matters raised by Mr Smart have been effectively dealt with. The code of construction practice provides a measure of protection so far as the construction work is concerned.
The matter relates less to the bill than it does to implementation of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, which contains the access legislation and the code. Implementation of the code is a matter for Scottish Natural Heritage and the local authorities through the local access forums.
We could see tools being removed from the yard and sold on to the international market. That is surely a sin against good management.Presiding Officer, I am sorry for an al fresco contribution to the debate, and for being late.
There is no redress in Scotland and we should not be proud of such a system, which leaves the Law Society sitting in judgment like the devil sitting in judgment on sin. Would you please include in your title the word "incompetent", which I believe covers a lot of the issue?