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As independent organisations how they go about fulfilling their duties and what resources they use is entirely up to them, providing they meet the standards in the Code of Practice on Litter and refuse.
I do not want the work to be done and the consultation to take place on the publication code only for it not to be approved. The code will not work unless we do it properly and quickly replace what we currently have.
Yes, there will be guidance on that. Those arrangements—a code of practice and so forth—exist now, under the auspices of the registered persons system, which is changing to an accredited bodies system under the bill.
As a CPG, we would be open to doing that. Section 6.3.11 of the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament” asks us to consider two things when we are looking at the establishment of a CPG: public interest and whether the proposed CPG would overlap with an existing CPG.
When someone proposes registering a CPG, is guidance sent to them or is it available to them, as regards how inclusive they have to be, and so on? There are rules in the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament” and there is some guidance on the web page.
To our knowledge, no district salmon fishery boards or fishery trusts were notified at the time of that escape, although there is a requirement in the industry code of practice and a recommendation from the fish health inspectorate that boards and trusts be notified.
A lot of the work is in its infancy, although, terrestrially, we have the peatland code and the woodland carbon code. A range of activities is happening.
Prior to the Public Audit Committee’s inquiry, I heard that the Scottish Funding Council keeps a list of the colleges that are in the bleakest financial state and was told that there is a colour-coding system in which those colleges are coded black.