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utm_campaign=2234351_Centre%20on%20Constitutional%20Change%20newsletter%20-%20November%202018&utm_medium=email&utm_source=College%20of%20Arts%2C%20Humanities%20%26%20Social%20Sciences%2C%20The%20University%20of%20Edinburgh&dm_i=2MQP,1BW1B,77BCIH,4BTU0,1 [accessed 21 November 2018]This briefing provides an overview of the content of the Agreement...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
She believed the Committee could “ensure that human rights are taken into consideration while carrying out post-legislative scrutiny work”, although she would find guidance on how human rights can be used to support the work of Committees helpful.vLetter from the Public Audit and Post-Legislative Scrutiny Committee, 26 April 2018. Available at: http://www.p...
The Agreement on Agriculture places limits on the amount of government financial support that can be given to domestic producers of agricultural products.
Clause 26 gives the UK Government the power to make regulations for the purpose of securing compliance with the Agreement on Agriculture.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2018
Annex A - Extracts from the minutes
Extracts from the minutes of the Justice Committee and associated written and supplementary evidence
15th Meeting, 2018 (Session 5) Tuesday 15 May 2018
Work programme (in private): The Committee considered its work programme and agreed witnesses for its forthcoming round-table evidence sessions on (a) defamation; and (b) professional legal education.
20th Meeting, 2018 (Session 5) Tuesday 26...
That must be carried out sensitively, because we do not want to compound what was discriminatory legislation in the past, of which many people are no longer aware, by unduly raising awareness of it.”ivEqualities and Human Rights Committee Official Report 1 March 2018, Cols 26 - 27: http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?
He recognised that the “scope of the disregard scheme in England and Wales is limited to crimes of gross indecency and buggery; it does not cover offences that were used to criminalise activities such as—but not limited to—soliciting for prostitution.”iiiEqualities and Human Rights Committee Official Report 1 March 2018, Col 26: http://www.scottish.parliame...
"Utilities" saw the largest decrease both proportionally (-26%) and by value (£1.6bn). This can in part be explained by a decrease in electricity exports from Scotland, falling from 29% of total electricity produced in 2015 to 20% in 2016.1Scottish Government. (2018, January 24).
This means they contain data that is directly comparable across all councils even if each council is structured differently.
If a council owns council houses (26 councils in Scotland do) it must have a separate Housing Revenue Account (HRA) which includes all income and expenditure relating to council houses.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2017
The Cabinet Secretary was of the opinion that “addressing the under-representation of women also results in gains for other groups”, and warned of “getting into a situation of pitching women against BME [black and minority ethnic] communities or people with disabilities”iiiOfficial Report, 26 October 2017, col.14. She also stated that she accepts that spec...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 November 2017