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Does anyone else have any views on how the voluntary code of practice will help? The voluntary code of practice relates to landowning and land maintenance companies, so it will certainly help in that area.
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Date published:
30 November 2023
It will need to be upgraded to the existing code of practice plus” and, while “the capital investment is broadly in line with the existing code of practice […] the upgraded code will need more”5Scottish Parliament. (2023).
The report deals with membership changes; meetings; the work that we have done by way of legislation, inquiries and case studies; evidence that we have taken from the Minister for Parliamentary Business; the code of conduct; complaints that have been received; post-legislative scrutiny; and the parliamentary corporation-supported bodies—namely, the commissi...
I also know that he is very familiar with the obligations of the ministerial code. Yesterday, minister Lorna Slater made no serious attempt to answer a question that was asked of her four times.
The committee is invited to consider and agree a general modification to rule 6.8 of the code of conduct to allow cross-party groups that have at least one MSP member from the majority of parties that are represented on the Parliamentary Bureau.
We know that it is a particular problem as we go into the lambing season, and the Scottish outdoor access code sets out how to exercise rights and responsibilities when walking dogs in the countryside.