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Section 7(3) – Duty to have regard to island communities
Power conferred on: Scottish Ministers
Power exercisable by: Regulations
Revised or new power: revised
Parliamentary procedure: affirmative procedure
Provision
Section 7(3) in the Bill as introduced provided that Ministers may by regulations amend the schedule which lists the “relevant authorities” which are to be subject to the duty imposed by section 7(1), to have regard to island communities when exercising their functions.
Agenda item 6: AOB & Closing Andrii Madzianovskyi, Consul of Ukraine. • The Consul addressed the Group with sombre news regarding a massive Russian missile attack that morning.
Usually published in May each year, parliamentary committees use the MTFS to inform their pre-budget scrutiny. The latest MTFS was published alongside the Scottish Budget 2022-23 on 9 December, however it is expected to return to the usual May publication date in 2022.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
4 October 2021
In addition to that, there will be civil society activists who will visit Glasgow during COP-26. Current estimates suggest there may be between 50,000 and 250,000 activists attending during the course of the event.
The Committee requests that the progress report provides an update on the development of the new prisoner transport contract, including— • ensuring Scotland specific financial information will be available to help inform any future funding decisions • that pay and conditions will reflect the demands and requirements of the role • that the findings of the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland’s thematic review of prisoner transport, once published, will be used to inform options for the new contract. • Separate financial reports for the SCCPES contract (linked to recommendation 139).
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Colleges Scotland has also highlighted the need for more support in this area in order to meet demand.
On 26 January 2021, £30 million additional funding was announced4Scottish Government. (2021, January 26).
Subsection (7) of the new section provides that the regulations may specify different maximum amounts for different purposes, and subsection (8) imposes a duty on Ministers to consult local authorities, representatives of communities and businesses engaged in tourism and tourist organisations, and other persons as th...
There are cash questions—absolutely—and I will write to you with the latest statistics on them. However—and this goes to the heart of the points that we have been making—there are health and wellbeing considerations that cannot be enumerated in cash terms.
Sections 6, 6A, 6B and 8 will come into force on the day after Royal Assent.
Committee consideration
The new power in section 7(2) to commence sections 1 to 5 by regulations is a standard provision which is common in Bills seen by the Committee.