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However, we have been broadly supportive of the reform of the electronic communications code. The new code has been operational for only just over a month, so it is a bit early to make an assessment of its effect on telecoms investment.
Would your proposals not be better contained in the code than in standing orders? I think that the code has got to be the right code, and the standing orders have got to be the right standing orders.
Of course, there is a trade-off: if there is a hacking or an error in the system, nothing can be done, because code is law. That is the idea behind it.
For example, if there were to be a standardised design code for Glasgow, it would allow for the creation of standard designs of products such as air-source heat pumps and standardised ways of installing them in the city’s buildings.
In such an event, the Bureau may appoint a replacement member. 17 Code of Conduct for MSPs, Section 1, paragraph 3, accessible on the Parliament’s website, under MSPs.
For the record, can you assure us that the code of construction practice does not restrict local authorities’ ability to protect the public effectively?
I may be incorrect, but I do not think that the ministerial code covers it either. Mr Brownlee started to ask what read-across there is to the ministerial code.
It explains that the increase in fees is most acute in the further education sector due to the size of the organisations and the baseline cost required to deliver a code compliant audit (i.e. with the code of audit practice).