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That prolonged modernisation programme included investment during the determination period that has just come to an end, and the investment will continue in the new determination period. How does the investment programme look?
Finally, has this ever happened to you before, or is it something entirely new? This is a novel experience for me. 13:30 You have said that we are talking about ineptitude rather than anything more serious.
Let us plug the JMC(EN) into a regular date in that cycle, reduce its membership and focus it on the agenda items that are coming up for the negotiations. Let us do it in a new way. Nothing has happened. The UK Government is attempting to resolve the issue of multilateral involvement by bilateral discussion.
Future of council tax in Scotland: consultation
In the meantime, the Budget 2026-27 contains £5 million in 2026-27 to support the introduction of two new high value property bands for the purpose of calculating council tax.xiScottish Government (2026).
The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill in particular was long. It touched on matters relatively new to the Committee. Our direct involvement with the Bill began in March 2024 and did not end until summer recess 2025, when Stage 2 drew to a close.
In light of the Committee’s general position that the Scottish Parliament should have the opportunity to effectively scrutinise the exercise of all legislative powers within devolved competence, the Committee agrees that the new SI protocol outlined at paragraph 43 above will facilitate effective and proportionate scrutiny of all UK SIs made within devolved...
Committee reports
Date published:
11 February 2026
The Committee asked the Scottish Government why the amending provisions are not in the usual order: the instrument first inserts a new provision after rule 100 and then inserts a new provision after rule 93.
Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill Policy Memorandum.
Section 15 would insert two new provisions into the FoI Act, sections 60A and 60B, which would provide respectively for a duty of proactive publication and for a code of practice on publication.