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The minister informs us that, following discussions with stakeholders, it has been agreed that the existing equine code will be replaced with equine guidance, which does not require parliamentary approval and is therefore easier to keep updated.
GPs actually hold a lot of data in their clinical systems, but much of it is for direct patient care, so it is text based—it is not coded or consistent, and it is not aimed at answering questions on national outcomes.
The results of that two-year project have just been published, and it has developed a code of practice for equitable digital services for minority ethnic communities.
The committee can be assured that the Government runs its income and expenditure operation through complex processes. There are ledger codes, account codes and so forth that set out all their transactions, and they are then compiled in the set of accounts.
In Scotland, we used to have a system known as QOF—the quality outcomes framework—which was a way of GPs and their teams coding specific information in patient notes.
Section 6 of the UK Agriculture Act 2020 is all about fairness in the supply chain. The leverage that the groceries code adjudicator has through the groceries supply code of practice are limited—it does not even touch the primary producer.
The other main cohort is universities, whose appointment process has absolutely no connection to ministers. They have a code of governance for their process that mirrors quite closely the code of the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland, which is about good practice in how they conduct their ...