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In light of this ongoing uncertainty, the Scottish Government indicated in its Franchising Policy Statement, published on 4 March 2021, its intention to directly award a new contract for the provision of rail services in Scotland in the event that the future shape of rail services in the UK has still to be resolved at the point the current ScotRail franchis...
It focussed on how particular aspects of policing were working under the new arrangements. In its legacy report it stated that “Given the Justice Committee’s workload, it is clear that police reform would not have been subject to the level of scrutiny required in these early years had the Sub-Committee on Policing not been created”.
Proposed changes in the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill include:
changes to hate crime characteristics (e.g. amending the definition of transgender identity and adding age)
replacing the existing statutory hate crime aggravations with ones covering the amended/expanded list of hate crime characteristics in the Bill
setting out new offences relat...
Digital First Assessors, co-ordinated by the Digital Assurance Office (DAO)iFormerly the Office of the Chief Information Officer, work with those responsible for launching a new digital public service or redesigning an existing service to ensure it meets the minimum standard required when delivering a public service.
The 2018 Act overhauled the criminal law in Scotland, creating a specific stand-alone criminal offence of domestic abuse. The new offence covers not just physical abuse but other forms of psychological abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour that were previously difficult to prosecute.
The PM highlighted the University of St Andrews had submitted a bid in the open competitive commissioning process to develop proposals for a new medical school as set out in the 2019 Programme for Government.
It makes a series of detailed recommendations, and recognises that responding to climate change needs to be a "thread through every policy action", and that "there is a real opportunity to use circular economy principles to promote new ways of reducing our use of scarce natural resources".