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I support Michael McMahon's amendments because he has tried to suggest some criteria. The minister referred to a code for which there is provision under section 115 of the 1991 act, but that code is for guidance only.
Draft Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock: Laying Hens(SE 2002/100)Draft Code of Recommendations for the Welfare of Livestock: Meat Chickens and Breeding Chickens(SE 2002/101) The draft codes are not statutory instruments.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 April 2005
The reputation of the Parliament depends on a code of conduct for MSPs. We must be able to produce that code of conduct, and the committee has indicated that it wants to do that work.
Other than the initial workload of assessing and approving the draft code, the workload—which will consist of dealing with breaches of the code—will not be huge.