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These include consideration of the complexity and costs associated with the recall of regional MSPs, and some of the practical arrangements of holding recall petitions to ensure all those eligible to sign can do so.
The Bill also proposes new grounds for the automatic removal of MSPs, either on criminal offence grounds or when a Member has not attended the ...
The Committee welcomes, therefore, Mr Simpson’s undertaking to liaise with the Scottish Government to consider proposing at Stage 2 a “realistic timescale for implementation”. It is expected that any new proposed timescale will be one which the Scottish Government is confident it can meet, and which will afford electoral administrators, regulators and the S...
He almost became homeless, only managing to find a new place in the final hour. He described the stress as being like a bucket of cold water and said that he was frozen in shock.”Nationwide Foundation11/6/2024 – Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee – Stage 1 scrutiny of the Housing (Scotland) Bill“[T]he other big factor for quite a lot of women ...
Committee reports
Date published:
24 September 2025
This spend helps supply the products served by schools, nurseries, care homes and community centres across the country.Public Procurement and Property Case study: how Scotland Excel’s evolved portfolio of food frameworks is benefitting Scotland’s economy - Public Procurement and Property Scotland Excel highlight that around 34% of this spend is on Scottish products.Sustainable Procurement
The proposed Good Food Nation Plan summarises the procurement situation now but does not propose any new...
Sport from a socio-economic perspective, as much as anything else, is bigger than a subset of PA policy and this should be reflected with a new policy drive that will determine the key role and purpose of sport in Scottish communities.
Support for a national foster carer recruitment campaign.
83% of respondents said there was a need for a new training and skills framework for foster carers.
The Scottish Government amendments agreed to include those that:
allow local authorities to also request information from a sub-landlord
give Scottish Ministers powers to collect information from the landlord or sub-landlord
add new information that the local authority (and Scottish Ministers) can seek from landlords such as the date of the rent increase an...