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Those obligations are real and substantive. As the ministerial code makes clear—at least the Scottish version, anyway—we have an “overarching duty ... to comply with the law, including international law and treaty obligations”.
You will not have received the letter quite yet, but I have written again to you, convener, to explain a delay in the transfer of a code. That in turn has caused us some delay in the delivery of our contract with IBM.
In accordance with section 3 of the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament”, I invite Kate Forbes to declare any interests that are relevant to the remit of the committee.
Not with pension funds, but SNH has done work through the peatland action initiative to look at potential synergies with the peatland code, which is a mechanism for levering investment from the private sector.
There is a concern among England-based organisations that when parents apply for free school meals, they will be required to show a letter that is coded in a way that makes it clear that a child has been conceived as a result of rape.
We need not agree to take in private item 3, as the code of conduct for members of the Scottish Parliament requires us to consider in private stage 2 reports on complaints.
Members will be aware that Parliament is not subject to the “Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies in Scotland”, but it follows the guidelines to ensure that best practice is observed and that the process is open and fair.