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Requiring a doctor who determined that a person was not eligible to issue a formal statement explaining their reasoning, share it with the person, and prevent any new assessments for 12 months (amendment 184).
Case 5: Based upon the government dynamics and given the autonomous nature of universities, stronger institutions may take over failing institutions if the latter are allowed to starve of funding with no financial intervention from the government despite its downward trajectory. This case happened in New Zealand, in which they experienced about four crises ...
However, it has another, more subtle effect, which is that the possibility of someone asking a question, rather than someone actually asking it, can itself discipline and stop poor behaviour. The extension to new areas could have all sorts of hidden behavioural benefits.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2025
We note, however, that a similar approach has successfully been adopted in other jurisdictions. In New Zealand, for example, a budget and timeline are agreed at the outset of an inquiry, in conjunction with the different bodies involved, setting clear expectations of inquiries.
It states that the SPPA Committee is considered to be “the most appropriate body in Parliament to lead on this new process” on the basis that Mr Simpson views the issue of attendance as a conduct issue.iThe Scottish Parliament. (2024, December 17).
The lead committee is the Criminal Justice Committee.
The Bill introduces a new criminal offence of paying for sexual acts, and repeals section 46 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982, which criminalises soliciting and importuning for the purposes of prostitution in a public place.
Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
They emphasised that certain treatment can and should begin immediately and raised concerns that the new timescale might introduce confusion, delaying access to services that would have been offered sooner under MAT standards.
The Health, Social Care and Sport Committee also noted that the quality of Scottish Government responses to pre-budget scrutiny letters and reports tend to “be lacking in the level of detail required for effective scrutiny and rarely commit the Scottish Government to any new actions in response”. That Committee also expressed concern that the relevant Cabin...