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Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/26) (Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform)
Purpose
These Regulations correct deficiencies in legislation relating to environmental protection, industrial pollution control, water, water industry, waste and bathing waters arising as a result of the UK’s exit from the EU.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
The tool covers equality impact assessments, but also human rights impact assessments and health inequalities”.iiOfficial Report, 26 April 2018, Col 20.
Scottish CARE considered EQHRIAs had the potential to revitalise and renew the impact assessment process and considered they should be mandatory.
The Committee's report on the draft budget was published on 26 January 20181No title (n.d.) Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/Reports/Report_on_Draft_Budget_2018-19.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Finance/Reports/Report_on_Draft_Budget_2018-19.pdf</a> and debated in the chamber on 31 January 20182No...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 December 2017
This is anecdotal but, for example, quite often people who look after frail elderly parents who are not eligible for attendance allowance—which has quite strict eligibility criteria—do not qualify.
Social Security Committee 26 October 2017 [Draft], Heather Noller, contrib. 13, http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?
Official Gifts
There were no official gifts received in the first parliamentary year of session 6 due to the suspension of official visits during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The UK Post-Legislative Scrutiny Gap. Journal of Legislative Studies, 26(3), 387-404..
Follow up is not necessarily committees' strong suit, although it is something for them to bear in mind when dedicating time to post-legislative scrutiny as the time-frames for work can be long and, as such, follow up is necessary to achieve the maximum impact possible.
The Committee heard concerns that the shift from 41 colleges to 26 colleges and for courses to often be focused at one campus, has resulted in more remote access for some communities.
The Minister provided further written responses to the Committee's questions on 26 January.
During the evidence session Committee members raised several points regarding the regulations.