This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
For example, this past year was the first year of new audit appointments, which meant that, in the early months, there was a lot of activity around bedding in new audit arrangements.
Scottish ParliamentJustice 2 CommitteeTuesday 26 June 2001 Scottish ParliamentJustice 2 CommitteeTuesday 26 June 2001 The Convener opened the meeting at 09:33 Welcome to the 19th meeting of the Justice 2 Committee.
Non-urgent cases will be seen by visiting neurologist service in approximately 26 weeks.NHS Highland are currently recruiting a neurologist, which will result in a significant reduction in the above times.
Given that that appears to be substantial new information, I propose that the committee invite views on it from the Scottish Government, which we can consider when finalising our draft report at our meeting on 21 September.
Retrieved from https://www.gov.scot/news/long-term-prisoners/ This would have meant that most long-term prisoners would again be entitled to automatic early release after serving two-thirds of the sentence.
This might indicate that the guideline reflects pre-existing sentencing practice to a degree, particularly in respect of those aged 21-24, rather than setting out a new approach, although this conclusion should be treated with caution.
It is intrinsic to the protocol that proposed instruments referred under it have been agreed to in principle by the Scottish Government and it is the Committee's experience that consent is sometimes lukewarm, with the Scottish Government indicating that, while it may have some misgivings (for instance because the change may not keep pace with new European l...
We would strongly encourage our successor committee leading on climate change in the next Session to ensure that the Parliament plays an effective public role in considering the effectiveness of policies on adaptation to climate change and resilience in the run-up to the laying of a new National Adaptation Plan when the current one ends in 2029.