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The Scottish Government is prioritising work on implementation of the act, as all provisions will come into force on 1 October 2012. We aim to issue the draft Code of Conduct for public consultation by the end of September.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
14 September 2011
We have published the list of measures, and we provide more information on the measures in the code of practice on sustainable and regenerative agriculture.
There are of course some great things going on to help young people get into coding, but the fundamental point is that, since 2008, the number of computing science teachers in our schools has dropped by a quarter.
However, we know, in the main, who is in the group, because we have very good joined-up primary care data in this country, which allows us to take out disease codes—the codes that people get because they have diabetes or severe asthma—and find them.
Just to clarify, we have the Scottish code on reintroductions and translocations of species, and any legitimate proposals that are made, as opposed to illegal releases, will certainly be evaluated in terms of the process and the considerations under that code.