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How is the Scottish Government assessing the balance between the outdoor access code and the urgent need to protect biodiversity efforts, including preventing sensitive capercaillie lekking sites from being disturbed?
Recognising the unique situation that is faced by rural Scotland when it comes to fighting wildfires is critical for an improved response the next time that we face these issues.I also stand by local voices who question the revised muirburn code. Does it serve to protect the communities that it affects?
(S5O-03513) As members are aware, the Scottish ministerial code states that ministers must not ordinarily divulge either the source or the content of legal advice.
(S5O-02761) The Scottish Government code of practice on the welfare of dogs, which was approved by the Scottish Parliament, provides dog owners with information on caring for, and acquiring, their pets.
The SPADs say that they can advise but they cannot instruct. How many are sticking to that code? To me, it seems that the shadowy fingers of SPADs mark many FOI responses.
Again, Borders College has taken the initiative by offering a coding class to young teens, which is a super-encouraging move, because we are all facing a world in which coding has become an essential skill.
When we hear parties on the left such as the Greens talking about tax reform, that is often code for higher taxation. The overall income tax burden in Scotland is already higher than that in the rest of the United Kingdom.