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You will find that that is also an expectation of the “Scottish Regulators’ Strategic Code of Practice”. I have a couple of points to make from a practical point of view.
The minister’s response also notes that work has not progressed on the voluntary code of practice as anticipated, and adds that “this code would apply only where homeowners pay a land-owning land maintenance company for management of the open spaces that are owned by the land maintenance company.”
I understand that under the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is the regulator—the groceries code adjudicator. Does the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have a view on how the “Groceries Supply Code of Practice” has worked to support food producers and farmers?
However, those rules are laid out in the code of conduct. If Christine Grahame is keen to see the rules change and support for cross-party groups enhanced, she should seek to amend section 6 of the code of conduct.
Among other things, the 2010 regulations require that those who are responsible for farmed animals be acquainted with any relevant animal welfare code, and that they have access to that code while attending to the animal.