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To ask the Scottish Government what steps will be taken to prevent a future backlog in clinical coding at NHS Lanarkshire. I refer the member to the answer to question S4W-08646 on 23 July 2012.
In terms of the question about Nicola Sturgeon and myself, according to the ministerial code prior consent must be sought. The Deputy First Minister had that prior consent and, therefore, what she told the chamber on Tuesday was perfectly acceptable.I am struck by the fact that the Conservative Party seems to think that this position on the ministerial code is unique to this Government.
She must know, because she has been a minister and has dealt with exactly these things herself, what the Scottish ministerial code says on the matter, in paragraph 2.35.
It is like the “Ask for Angela” code word that is used in pubs and clubs to engage the assistance of bar staff when people find themselves in a difficult or dangerous situation; the “Mask 19” code word is used in pharmacies to enlist similar support.
This recommendation is included in the Scottish Government Code of Practice for the Welfare of Cats approved by the Scottish Parliament on 27 January 2010.
To ask the Scottish Executive to whom the "polluter pays" principle, as described in the draft Code of Practice on Non-native Species, would apply if ballast water exchange led to the introduction of damaging invasive non-native species.
To ask the Scottish Government what the implications are for the Code of Good Practice for Scottish Finfish Aquaculture of importing smolts to Shetland waters from Norway.