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The Deputy First Minister criticised the UK Government's decision to rule out the possibility of repealing the Act, and argued that this was "a key test for the new UK Government to show whether it intends to continue to ignore the democratic voice of the Scottish Parliament".
Under the amendment, by the end of October 2023, the Scottish Government would have to produce a list which of these rights they intend to revoke, and the Scottish Parliament would have the power to remove an item from that list, similar to new process for taking items off schedule 1.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 February 2023
Certain aspects of Scottish procurements will be altered by the Bill in that wholly reserved bodies in Scotland and cross-border procurements will be under the new UK procurement regime set up by this Bill.
To the extent that implementation of the Agreements for their entry into force is complete, the Procurement Bill is expected to repeal the Trade (Australia and New Zealand) Bill (as enacted) and save relevant statutory instruments.
However, no action has been dedicated to that yet, and we would like the relationship between poverty and debt and mental health to be acknowledged in the new strategy that the Government is developing.
If regulations are made to revoke or partially revoke measures contained in regulations made under new section 86A(1), those regulations must be laid before the Parliament but are not subject to any further procedure.
Stakeholders also had concerns as to how the new definition could be made to work alongside the proxies that are used in practice to determine whether households are in need of assistance.