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As for what we want to see being achieved, we want to work with the Government on the statutory code of practice that stems from the Circular Economy (Scotland) Act 2024.
We have come up with a practical test for the Fire and Rescue Service that involves recognising the colour coding of key safety-critical equipment—that is a sort of layering of testing.
Maybe a better reference is to the steps that the “Code of Good Governance for Scotland’s Colleges” sets out for the board of management to take so that the voice of students is central, given the importance of corporate and social responsibility.
The fact that a lot of agricultural activities are handled through guidance such as the prevention of environmental pollution from agricultural activity—PEPFAA—code, rather than through permits, has created a slightly grey area.
The convener will be aware that I was a member of this committee when Ms Chapman was sanctioned for breaching the MSP code of conduct by failing to disclose her former role as chief executive officer of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, while questioning the CEO of Rape Crisis Scotland.
Similarly, regarding convictions, there appears to be no specific charge code for common assault when non-fatal strangulation is a component of the offence.
Again, we question why things such as deer management and the access code have been picked out, because it will be hard for a land manager of any type or size to say how they comply with something that is a right in Scotland—that is, the right of responsible access.
Most of that borrowing will be determined by a local treasury management strategy as well, and the council will be bound by the prudential code. There are safeguards and boundaries in place to protect a council from straying outwith the limit and to keep elected members briefed on where the debt position stands.