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We need to tread with a degree of caution on that. It must be a code of practice and no more. It should be about enabling farmers and crofters to take up practices that will suit the code of practice and the outcomes that we are trying to get to, rather than being overly prescriptive.
The language within the bill itself should be strengthened, and not left to a future code of practice. That is helpful. I think that those comments are fair enough.
Previously, they would have been recorded as some kind of authorised absence under a different code. Obviously, we therefore expected the recording to not necessarily be great for the first few years, because it is a new code and schools are getting used to how to record a part-time timetable.
Our sector is coming to us as the industry trade body to say, “We need better coding skills and we need fundamental computing science and software engineering skills so that we can invest in, harness and nurture young people once they are in the industry.”
It is worth reflecting that, in the code red report, which was published earlier this year, the warning from the IPCC is that we will be reaching 1.5° of warming within the next decade.
Certain regulations are already in place in Scotland, including an MSPs’ code of conduct, to which committee members will adhere; a ministerial code; and a code for civil servants.
The news release was issued on behalf of Peter Chapman MSP. 3. Under Section 7 of the Code of Conduct Members must abide by the rules of the Reimbursement of Members’ Expenses Scheme and the policies of the SPCB.